Why is photosynthesis important?
It turns the sun's energy into food so other living organisms can consume that energy.
What is something that plants can do and animals cannot?
Produce their own food
What is an organism that obtains nutrients from dead organisms?
A decomposer.
How do respiration and photosynthesis relate to one another?
They are opposite each other.
What are 2 essential pieces to an ecosystem?
The Sun and Decomposers
What is Stage 1 of photosynthesis?
Capturing the Sun's Energy
What is the animals that hunts and the animal that is hunted called?
Hunts: Predator
Hunted: Prey
What provides energy to all living things?
The Sun
What do both types of respiration require?
Oxygen.
Temperature, light, air, water, soil, and climate are all parts of the __________.
Physical Environment
Name three things a plant NEEDS for photosynthesis.
Carbon dioxide, water and sunlight.
The chloroplasts contain green colored pigments called ________________.
Chlorophyll (this gives plants it's green color).

Food Chain & Food Web
What are the two types of respiration?
Breathing and Cellular Respiration.
In a food web, the dominoes branch or radiate out so that there can be many effects of one cause when certain dominoes fall. This is called the...
Domino Causality Effect
When we eat food from plants, we are eating the plants __________ _____________.
Stored Energy
Plants are sometimes called producers because they produce their own food. They can also be called _______________.
Autotrophs
Why isn't the full amount of energy that is consumed, passed onto the next animal in a food web?
The processes of life, such as growing, eating, hunting and even sleeping, require energy.
Cellular respiration happens at what time of the day for plants?
At NIGHT!
What is the vocabulary word for an organisms role in an ecosystem?
A Niche
What are the products of photosynthesis?
Oxygen and Glucose (sugar)
Name the four types of consumers AND an animal example for each type.
Herbivores (Deer, Rabbit, Insect)
Carnivores (Lion, Tiger, Shark)
Omnivores (Human, Bear, Pig)
Decomposers (Fungi, Bacteria, Mushroom)
Why do we need predators in an ecosystem?
Because without them, there would be too much prey.
What are the products of respiration?
Carbon dioxide and water.
As organisms decay, remaining energy becomes ___________ ___________ that is spread out into the environment.
Heat Energy