Living & Nonliving
Food Chains & Webs
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Landforms & Bodies of Water
100
What is another name for an organism?
A living thing
100
Give two examples of producers and how you know they are producers.
Most plants - grass, flowers
100
What is the difference between a predator and a prey?
Predators hunt other animals for food. Prey are the animals that predators hunt and eat.
100
Bodies of water the flow are called....
Lotic (we said LOOOOOOOOOOOTIC in class to help us remember)
200
What are the 4 characteristics of all living things?
Needs energy to survive, grow, reproduce (have a family) and adapt to changes
200
What is the difference between a consumer and a scavenger?
A scavenger is a consumer. Scavengers only eat organisms that are already dead.
200
Why are snails important to our ecocolumns?
They are nicknamed the "clean up crew" because they eat dead plants and animals
200
Bodies of water that do not flow are called...
Lentic
300
Photosynthesis is
a process used by animals to make their own food
300
Why are decomposers helpful to a food chain/web?
1. Make more space for new organisms to grow
2. Help fertilize the soil so new organisms can grow
300
Dependent and interdependent relationships are different because...
Dependent are only benefitting one part and need something to survive.
Interdependent means that both parts are benefitting and need each other to survive.
300
A swimming pool is a lotic system.
Agree/disagree & explain why.
A swimming pool is lentic because it is still and not flowing.
400
Name some structural parts of a plant that help it meet its basic needs
roots- soak up water
stem- transports water to leaves
leaves- place where photosynthesis happens
fruit/flower- needed to reproduce
400
Give an example of a food chain.
Sun--> Producer (plant)--> Primary Consumer (Grasshopper) --> Secondary Consumer (owl)
400
Explain how a plant and gravel have an interdependent relationship.
Roots help the gravel stay together and not erode away. Gravel is helpful to the plant to provide a habitat for the plant to grow.
400
Name this landform & how you know it is different from an island.
Peninsula because it only has water on three sides. Islands have water on all 4 sides.
500
The green substance in plants that allows photosynthesis to happen
Chlorophyll
500
If one group of animals become extinct, how will this affect the food web?
The group of animals that used to eat that group will decrease since there is less to eat.
The group of plants/animals that they used to get eaten by the group will increase or overpopulate because they are not being eaten as much.