Photosynthesis
What is the major source of Energy?
The sun
Organisms that rely on the sun to live and convert energy in order to create food. Plants, algae etc.
What is a herbivore?
an organism that feeds on plants
Examples: deer, koalas, crickets
What are ways we can reduce, reuse and recycle?
Recycling plastic, cardboard, etc regularly
Reducing water usage, paper usage, electricity usage etc
Use reusable bags, water bottles, tupper ware, towels
What is an organism?
a living thing made up of one of more cells and able to carry on the activities of life using energy, growing, or reproducing
What components do plants need to produce their own food?
Carbon dioxide, sunlight & water
What is a consumer?
An organism that relies on producers or eating other organisms for food and energy.
What is a carnivore?
an organism that feeds on meat (flesh)
Examples: Eagles, lions, sharks
How may humans affect environments?
What is matter?
everything around you; physical substance that occupies space and mass
What do is the "food" plants produce for themselves?
What is carbohydrates, or glucose sugars
What is a decomposer?
Organisms that break down dead or decaying organisms and waste, recycling nutrients through a natural process. Fungi, bacteria, worms etc.
What is an omnivore?
an organism that eats food including plants and animals
Examples: Humans, chickens, bears, turtles
What are the essential components of a habitat
Food, water and shelter
What is an ecosystem?
a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment
How do consumers benefit from photosynthesis?
Animals (consumers) rely on energy from plants that is created from the process of photosynthesis, using energy originally from sunlight.
Define a food chain and give an original example.
Series of processes by which food and energy is produced, consumed, and decomposed, as a series of organisms is dependent on the next as a source of energy.
Example: Grass > Cows > Me > Bacteria
Why are producers, consumers, and decomposers reliant on each other?
Without the others, the ecosystem would not function. Producers, consumers, and decomposers all need each other for proper energy transfer and growth.
What are possible limiting factors to an ecosystem?
food, water, shelter, disease, climatic conditions, pollution, hunting, predation
What is compost?
Rich in nutrients; Organic matter that has been decomposed in a process of composting, recycling materials regarded as waster products and producing soil conditions.
Describe the transfer of energy that happens during photosynthesis
How is energy passed through an ecosystem?
What is a food web and how is different than a food chain?
A food web is a network of food chains by which nutrients and energy is passed on from one species of living organisms to another species, as it is much more complex than a simple chain.
How does climate change effect the ecosystem?
Climate change can reduce an ecosystems ability to improve water quality
Climate changes can cause displacement or loss of many species
Climate change can cause extreme changes in temperature and weather conditions, altering life cycles of plants and animals
Etc.
What is the definition of life processes?
BONUS
Basic functions performed by living organisms to survive on earth.
Nutrition, respiration, transportation, excretion, control, coordination, growth etc