Producers, Consumers, Decomposers
What is a living thing that makes its own food from the sun?
Producer
ALL energy comes from what energy source?
the sun!
A series of organisms listed in a way that shows which is a food source for another.
food chain
Plants use what 3 things to go through photosynthesis?
water, sunlight, carbon dioxide
What is an ecosystem?
All the living and nonliving things that interact in a given area
What is a living thing that kills and eats other living things to get energy?
Consumer
During photosynthesis, create produce energy and store it as what?
sugar
A network linking food chains that all interact with each other
food web
What 2 products do plants create from photosynthesis?
sugar, oxygen
True or false: Only living things are part of an ecosystem (air, water, etc. are not important).
FALSE
What is a living thing that feeds on dead things to get energy?
Decomposer/Scavenger
How does energy flow between living things?
they eat the organisms
In the food chain: grass, mouse, snake, hawk; what is the secondary consumer?
snake
Where does photosynthesis take place? (be specific)
Chlorophyll (leaves of the plant)
What could be part of an ecosystem?
A. grass
B. mouse
C. carbon dioxide
D. all of the above
D. all of the above
What do living things use to move, keep warm, heal, grow, and reproduce?
energy
The flow of energy in a simple food chain is...
sun --> producer --> consumer --> scavenger --> decomposer
In the food chain: grass, mouse, snake, hawk, vulture, mushroom; what is the decomposer?
mushroom
True or false: a producer is the only type of living thing that can get energy from the sun
true
What 3 things does an ecosystem need?
a well-defined area
living things
non-living things
What are the four questions you should ask when determining if something is living?
Does it need food?
Does it grow?
Does it reproduce?
Is it made of cells?
What percentage of energy does a consumer get from a producer?
10%
What is the top-most consumer called at the highest point of a food chain or food web?
apex predator
the process that plants use to create all the energy that is used within a food chain or food web is called
(spell and mark the word properly)
photosynthesis
ecosystems can vary in
size