Energy
This is the largest source of energy for producers.
What is the sun?
This is where you will find producers on a food web.
What is at the bottom?
This a non-living factor in an ecosystem.
What is an abiotic factor?
This is when living things create offspring.
What is reproduction?
Before I begin my scientific investigation, I must do this first.
What is observe or make an observation?
This the name of the food that producers create to provide energy.
What is glucose?
These are the types of consumers that eat producers. (Hint: they're the FIRST consumers)
What are Primary consumers?
This is a living factor in an ecosystem.
What is a biotic factor?
This is the smallest, functional and structural unit of life found in all living organism.
What is a cell?
Mr. Shields said "if I we play Jeopardy for a review, then my students will have fun and do better on the quiz" is an example of this important element in the scientific methods.
What is a hypothesis or make a hypothesis?
Herbivores get their energy from this food source.
What are producers or plants?
This another way to describe a herbivore.
What is a "consumer that eats producers"?
These biotic factors release oxygen into the ecosystem.
What are producers?
All living and non-living things are made of these tiny, tiny units.
What are atoms?
This is occurs at the end of my experiment before I share or communicate my results.
What is "Make a Conclusion"?
This is where consumers get their energy.
What is food?
These are the types of consumers that are at the top of the food web.
What are tertiary consumers?
These biotic factors in an ecosystem eat dead plants and animals.
What are decomposers?
This word is used to describe all living and non-living things in the universe.
What is Matter?
This is when I carry out a test to see if my hypothesis is supported or unsupported.
What is "Conduct an Experiment"?
Producers use this process to create food.
What is Photosynthesis?
This is another way to explain what a carnivore is, according to Mr. Shields.
What is a "consumer that eats other consumers"?
This is the abiotic factor that helps plants create energy.
What is the sun or water?
This occurs when an organism reproduces by itself without a second organism.
What is asexual reproduction?
This is a conclusion based on available evidence.
What is an inference?