Vocabulary
What is an animal that feeds on other animals or the products of other animals called?
What is a carnivore?
Why does every living organism need food to survive?
What is.. to GET ENERGY?!!!
Where is the chlorophyll located in the plant?
Chlorophyll is located in the chloroplasts of the plant cells.
What are warm-blooded animals called?
What is...Endotherms, or endothermic animals?
How does an herbivore get its food?
What is by eating only plants?
This process happens when plants use water and carbon dioxide from the air to make a sugar called glucose and release oxygen into the air. What is this called?
What is photosynthesis?
Where does all of the energy in an ecosystem come from?
What is from the sun and plants (through photosynthesis)?
How does the carbon dioxide enter the plant it needs?
What is...Air that has carbon dioxide in it enters the plant through its STOMATA (small openings on the surface of the plant)?
If you notice that your lizard's body temperature is changing by the hour, what inference can you make about your lizard?
What is...
The lizard is an ectotherm, who depends on its environment to warm its body. You will want to keep a heat lamp near by for when temperatures get low?
What inference can you make about the size of an animal and the energy it needs?
What is..
The bigger the animal the more energy it needs and therefore the more food it needs to survive/the more time it will spend eating (ex: giraffe)?
This is the collection of chemical processes that break down and build molecules in a living organism. It can be fast or slow. What is this called?
What is metabolism?
What is an omnivore?
What is an animal that eats both plants and animals?
Classify the following as INPUTS or OUTPUTS of Photosynthesis?
oxygen, carbon dioxide, glucose, and water
What is...
Inputs: carbon dioxide, and water
Outputs: glucose, and oxygen
How do humans maintain a normal body temperature of 37 degrees when exposed to frigid temperatures?
What is they use energy stored from their own bodies?
Decide which of these items is a plant product or animal product: codfish, celery stalks, blueberries, chicken wings
What is....
Plant products: Celery stalks, and blueberries
Animal Products: Codfish, and chicken wings?
What is an ENDOTHERM?
What is..an animal that uses energy stored in its body to keep its body within a normal range (like humans)?
What is a trophic level? What is on the bottom of this type of diagram?
What is it is a level on a pyramid diagram that sorts plants and animals according to where they are in the food chain and how they obtain energy.
Producers (or plants) are on the very bottom of this diagram since they receive the MOST amount of energy.
When plants open their stomata to take in carbon dioxide or release oxygen, water can EXIT plants and travel into the air. What is this process called?
What is transpiration? Which happens more when it is hot!
Choose which from these words to fill in the blanks below.
(eat more frequently · stop eating · be eaten · eat less frequently)
Fill in the blanks:
An animal with a fast metabolism must _________________ to survive.
An animal with a slow metabolism must _________________ to survive.
What is...
An animal with a fast metabolism must eat more frequently to survive.
An animal with a slow metabolism must eat less frequently to survive.
The frog is a secondary consumer that feeds on insects like the grasshopper. The grasshopper consumes grasses, flowers, and seeds. Which is the CORRECT ORDER for how the frog gets its energy?
a. The frog eats the grasshopper, the grass seeds are planted, the grasshopper eats the grass, the plant receives energy from the sun.
b. The frog eats the grasshopper, the grass is grown, and the grasshopper receives energy from the sun.
c. The grass gets energy from the sun, the grasshopper eats the grass, and the frog eats the grasshopper.
What is...
C. The grass gets energy from the sun, the grasshopper eats the grass, and the frog eats the grasshopper!!!
What is chlorophyll?
What is...a substance in the plant that absorbs the energy from the sun?
Sort the following living organisms 1-4 to where they would be in a trophic pyramid & TELL WHAT KIND OF CONSUMER THEY ARE. 1 being the organism with the LEAST amount of energy and 4 being the organism with the MOST amount of energy.
lion, carrots, fox, and rabbit
1. Lion (Tertiary Consumer)
2. Fox (Secondary Consumer)
3. Rabbit (Primary Consumer)
4. Carrots (Producer)
Select the two processes associated with photosynthesis in a plant.
a. Plants use glucose to produce water and carbon dioxide.
b. Plants convert the sun's energy into the energy of glucose.
c. Chlorophyll absorbs the sun's energy.
d. Glucose is broken down into energy the sun can absorb.
What is....
B. & C. ?
Name TWO ways you use energy that you CANNOT see and TWO ways you use energy that you CAN see.
(Answers may vary)
What is...
Some examples include:
Cannot see- growing and healing the body tissue, thinking, etc.
Can see- swimming, running, jumping, stretching, etc.
What are two minerals animals can get from eating plants?
What are... (sample answers can be two of the following)
iron, potassium, and phosphrous?