Energy in Ecosystems
When animals breathe in, they take in ___________, and when animals breathe out, they give off ________.
What are oxygen and carbon dioxide?
Animals that cannot make their own food and eat other organisms...
What are consumers?
Which animals would be at the top of this food chain?
mouse snake red-tailed hawk salamander
What is red-tailed hawk?
What is the main source of energy for most life on Earth?
What is the Sun?
What is Ms. Fregoso's favorite color?
green
What is product of photosynthesis, given off by plants, that is helpful to our environment?
What is oxygen?
Give an example of an apex/top predator.
What is Hawk, mountain lion, shark etc.?
Organisms that eat only plants are referred to as....
What is herbivore?
The amount of available energy ______ every time it is transferred from one organism to another.
What is decreases?
Which other middle school did Ms. Fregoso use to teach at?
Tehipite Middle School
What is the green molecule found in plants that aids in the changing of water and carbon dioxide into sugars and oxygen?
(hint: where does photosynthesis occur?)
What is chlorophyll?
(located in chloroplast)
Organisms that can make their own food...
What are producers?
What do we call meat-eating consumers?
What is carnivores?
The animals that are hunted by other animals are called...
What are prey?
Which pet(s) does Ms. Fregoso have?
a dog, Gryffin
The process by which plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to make food...
What is photosynthesis?
An example of a tiny plantlike organism living in oceans and other bodies of water. These organisms can make their own food.
What is phytoplankton?
Consumers that eat both plants and animals are called...
What are omnivores?
An organism that breaks down the wastes and remains of other dead organisms into nutrients that return to soil, air, and water are called...
What are decomposers?
Where did Ms. Fregoso go to college?
Fresno State
The process by which organisms use oxygen and glucose to break down food molecules to get energy...?
A group of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem...
What is food web?
What is the idea that energy cannot be created or destroyed but can change form?
What is the law of conservation of energy?
What is the model scientists use to show the amount of energy available in each step of a food chain?
What is energy pyramid?
What is Ms. Fregoso's favorite food?
sushi/seafood