What do we call "1" species
individual
Living or nonliving?
Living
What is another word for producers?
plants
What do ALL food chains start with?
plant/producers
Animals need this. Another word for a home or house.
shelter
What do we call 2+ of the same species?
population
Living or nonliving?
nonliving
What can producers do that consumers can't?
make their own energy
What do arrows show?
the movement of energy or who eats who
How is a food chain different from a food web?
food chain is 1, but a food web is many food chains 2+
How is a community different from an ecosystem?
ecosystem includes "nonliving" things
All living things have this
cells
I eat both plants and animals. What am I called?
omnivore
How many carnivores in this food web?
6
Fire can grow, move, make more fire. Why is it nonliving?
doesn't have cells
There are 2 monkeys, 2 trees, 3 grass, and 5 lions. Which level of organization is this?
Community
Name 3 things all living things can do
grow, die, reproduce, move
I turn dead plants and animals into nutrients for the soil. What am I called?
decomposers
Make 1 food chain that uses 5 plants/animals
grass -> grasshopper ->frog -> snake -> hawk
What does "survive" mean? It was from our reading at the beginning of the unit
to stay alive
There are small fish, frogs, trees, lily pads, grass, ducks, sun, air, clouds, rocks. You can find this ecosystem in Minnesota. What is it called?
A pond
How do plants and animals help each other stay alive using air?
Plants need the carbon dioxide from animals and animals need the oxygen from plants.
A plant has 200 energy. A rabbit eats the plant. A fox eats the rabbit. How much energy did the fox get?
Only 10% of energy is transferred, so the rabbit gets 10% of 200 which is 20 energy when it ate the plant. The fox gets 10% of 20 energy which is 2 when it eats the rabbit.
Critical thinking*
What would happen to the frogs if all of the grasshoppers died? Would there be more or less of them? Explain Why?
There would be less because the grasshopper is the only food source for the frog. If they disappeared then the frogs would decrease and disappear too. Also affecting the owls and snakes that eat the frog.
What is the process called where plants take energy from the sun and produce food? English word please!
photosynthesis