Ecosystem1
What is the two things that make up an ecosystem?
Biotic and abiotic.
This is what we call the place where all the living and nonliving things interact
What is an ecosystem?
Caterpillars are consumers.
Yes of plants
Living things have needs that are met by their ..
What is environment?
What is the process called in which producers make their own food?
What is photosynthesis
The main source of energy for functioning ecosystems.
What is the sun?
A group of living things found in an ecosystem is called this
What is a community?
Are cats carnivores or omnivores?
Carnivores
An animal that eats producers are called?
Herbivore
Living things have needs that are met by their.....
Environment
Makes the food that animals need to live.
What is a producer?
what is at the beginning of every food chain?
a producer, plant, grass
Birds are consumers or producers?
Consumers
Photosynthesis happens during the day and respiration happens during the day and night.
Yes, photosynthesis begins with the sun's energy during the day. Respiration happens all day producing energy.
Bees get pollen from the flowers of plants. Pollen from the flower collects on the bee's legs. How do the plants benefit from the bees?
Bees help pollinate flowers so seeds can form.
A group of living things found in an ecosystem.
What is a community?
In this food chain, what are the carnivores?
grass->grasshopper->frog->snake-> hawk
frog, snake, hawk
Meaning of biotic
living
What is the process called in which producers make their own food?
photosynthesis
Do you know the parts of a plant?
They are roots, stem, leaves, seed.
All members of same type of organism in an ecosystem.
What is a population?
Omnivore meaning
What an animal that eats both plants and animals?
Name the non-living things found in an ecosystem.
What are light, soil, shade, air, and water.
Are Plants alive?
Yes, they are even though they are different from animals and humans in many ways.
Why are roots necessary for plants?
They hold the plant in place, and roots absorb water.
Gets energy by eating food not producing it.
What is a consumer?
write a food chain ending with a decomposer.
grass->mouse->bacteria
Fertilizers are used to increase plant growth are they essential to plant survival?
No, plants fertilizer can provide additional minerals for plants.
In a forest, how do decomposers help other organisms survive?
They put nutrients back into the soil that plants use to grow.
What is the responsibility of the stem in a plant?
The stem moves water up the plant and holds leaves and flowers to the light.
When plants use the the sun's energy, water, and carbon monoxide to make their own food.
What is photosynthesis?
Do plants eat, drink, and breathe?
No, Plants absorb water, respire, and absorb sunlight
The most important thing which plants give us as their waste.
oxygen
What is an animal called that eats another animal for its energy?
Carnivore
What is the purpose of leaves on a plant and tree?
The leaves soak up the sun and help make sugar for the plant.
Describes how energy in an ecosystem flows from one organism to another.
What is a food chain?
Which organism is a producer? A. frog B. bird C. grass D. spider
In a pond ecosystem, which are the producers? A. big fish B. small fish C. tiny plants and algae D. tiny animals
C
What is an animal called that eats the leftovers of dead animal carcuses?
Scavenger
What is the purpose of the flower on a plant or tree?
To make seeds inside the fruit.
Shows how food chains combine in an ecosystem.
What is a food web?
make a food chain using these organisms
bee, flower garden, daddy longlegs, robin, web-spinning spider
flower garden->bee->web-spinning spider->daddy
longlegs->robin
Which is a nonliving part of the ecosystem? A. tree B. sunlight C. squirrel D. bird
B
Bees get pollen from the flowers of a plant. Pollen from the flower collects on their legs. How does the plant benefit from bees?
Bees help pollinate flowers so that seeds can form.
What 6 things do pumpkin plants need to grow?
Space, Air, Sunlight, Water, Seed, Soil
Name three things that break down decaying remains.
bacteria, mold, fungi, snails, pillbug, slug,
grass->grasshopper->frog->snake->hawk
If the snake disappears from the ecosystem what will happen?
Frogs will overpopulate and eat all the grasshoppers and the hawk will die it has no food.
Which statement is true? A. Plants and animals depend on sunlight. B. Producers depend on consumers. C. Only plants depend on sunlight. D. Only animals depend on sunlight.
A
What five things tell us something is alive?
Movement, growth, reproduction, waste, and respiration
Plants use and produce both carbon dioxide and oxygen through what two processes?
Photosynthesis and respiration