Matter Makes it All Up!
The stuff things are made out of
What is matter
Plants use this as energy to make their own food
Sunlight
this organism starts off every ecosystem
What is a plant
This particular decomposer feeds on all dead matter on the sim
What is a mushroom
The plant that provided food for the sloths in the rainforest
What are Cecropia trees
Matter is made of these
Plants take in water through this part
What are roots
provides Energy in every ecosystem
What is the sun
The mushroom puts this into the soil for plants
What are nutrients
The state of plants when they have nutrients, water and carbon dioxide but do not have Sunlight
What is dead
People who study ecosystems
What are ecologists
Plants take in this through the small holes in their leaves
What is Carbon Dioxide
This shows one way matter can be transferred amongst organisms
What is a food chain
If the rabbits becomes unhealthy or dies this organism population decreases first
what are the wolves/ foxes
The state of plants when they have water, sunlight and carbon dioxide but does not have nutrients
What is Unhealthy
Molecules are made of these
What are atoms
Plants need these three things to make their own food
What is water, sunlight and carbon dioxide
This shows how organisms eat/are eaten by multiple things
What is a food web
This happens when organisms are growing
What are adding cubes/body molecules
The biggest difference between the project area soil and the healthy rainforest soil
What are decomposers
Everything except for this is made of matter
What is light
Plants need these in the soil to grow and thrive
What are nutrients
This is the country where the ecosystem we studied was located
Costa Rica
This happens when organisms gain energy
What is blinking yellow light
Can plants survive without nutrients
Yes they will but they will be unhealthy