Vocabulary
Energy
Ecosystems
Plants
Animals
100
a place where an animal or a plant lives
What is a habitat
100
the vocabulary word that names the FLOW of ENERGY through a community
What is a food chain
100
Name 3 examples of NONLIVING items found in an ecosystem.
What are rocks, air, soil, water, etc.
100
All energy in food chains begins with the sun's energy because ___________, (like plants) use the sun's energy to make their own sugars/ food.
What are producers
100
A flying squirrel is an ______________ because it easts nuts, seeds, insects, and spiders.
What is an omnivore.
200
The process by which plants use sunlight to make energy is called _____________.
What is photosynthesis
200
A rabbit is __________ to a wolf.
What is prey
200
What might happen in a food web if good weather makes the plant population increase?
What is the herbivore and carnivore population will also INCREASE.
200
the green substance found in plants that traps energy from the sun and gives plants their green color
What is chlorophyll
200
Owls hunt their prey at night. They usually consume prey such as mice, rats, and rabbits. Therefore, owls are classified as ________________.
What is carnivores.
300
a living thing that gets its energy by eating plants and other animals
What is a consumer (or omnivore)
300
All the food chains in a community make up a _________.
What is a food web
300
An ecosystem is all the living and nonliving things in an environment and how they ___________.
What is interact
300
Plants take in ________________, during photosynthesis. They absorb this gas through tiny holes in the back of their leaves.
What is carbon dioxide
300
A crow is _____________ because it hunts for spiders, small birds, and dead animals. Also, crows eat corn and wheat.
What is an omnivore
400
an animal that eats on dead animals to obtain energy
What is a scavenger
400
All plants are ____________ because they can make their own energy using the sun's light.
What are producers
400
Name 2 types of decomposers.
What are fungi, maggots, worms, etc.
400
All animals and plants live in a ___________.
What is habitat
400
If a prairie vole is eaten by a coyote in a food chain, then the coyote is the ___________.
What is predator
500
the animals that predators HUNT
What are prey
500
This vocabulary word names the group of animals that hunt and kill other animals for their main source of food.
What is predator (or carnivore)
500
Name the four parts of an ecosystem that a plant needs to create its own sugar.
What are carbon dioxide (from air), nutrients (from soil), water, and sunlight
500
A deer gets the energy that it needs to survive by _____________________.
What is eating other plants and seeds
500
A chipmonk is a _____________ because it comes out of its burrow to search for seeds and nuts.
What is herbivore
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