Flow of Energy
An organism that gets food and energy by eating other organisms. Usually an animal.
What is a consumer?
This substance is also known by its scientific name H2O.
What is water?
A scientist who studies space and all the things in it
What is an astronomer?
a tiny piece of matter that is too small to see
What is a particle?
A mixture of rocks, water, air, parts of dead organisms, and tiny living organisms
What is soil?
An organism that breaks down dead organisms and puts nutrients back into the ecosystem
What is a decomposer?
This gas is part of the air and is also called CO2
What is Carbon Dioxide?
This is the first name of your science teacher
What is Allison or Alli?
The phase of matter where particles move really fast, are spaced very far apart, and have no fixed shape
What is a gas?
A model ecosystem that contain plants and sometimes animals
What is a terrarium?
An organism that makes its own food using energy from the sun
What is a producer?
A substance taken in by plants and animals that helps them grow
What is a nutrient?
A scientist who studies ecosystems
What is an ecologist?
A living thing, such as a plant or animal
What is an organism?
A diagram that shows the flow of matter and energy throughout an entire ecosystem
What is a food web?
An organism that eats meat and nothing else
What is a carnivore?
This is where a food web gets its ENERGY from. It is NOT matter.
Data or findings used to back up an argument
What is evidence?
The phase of matter where particles are packed tightly together, vibrate in place, and have a fixed shape
What is a solid?
Small bits of solid material, often left behind after liquid evaporates
What is sediment?
An organism that eats both meat and plants
What is an omnivore?
The process by which plants make their own food
What is photosynthesis?
A person who uses scientific knowledge to design something in order to solve a problem
What is an engineer?
The phase of matter where particles are kind of close together, flow past each other, and take the shape of their container
What is a liquid?
Matter made of only one type of particle
What is a substance?