Organisms
Non-Living Things
Food Chains
Wildcard
Invasive Species
100
A consumer gets their energy from:
eating other organisms
100
Are rocks alive?
No
100
Food chains describe:
Which organisms eat one another in an ecosystem
100
Where something is in a cycle (water in the ocean, carbon in a plant) is called:
A store
100
Name one invasive species in NJ
answers vary
200
A decomposer gets their energy from:
eating dead animal or plant matter
200
What recycles dead or decaying matter back to the ecosystem?
Decomposers
200
What is the producer in this food chain?
The grass
200
When a molecule goes from one spot to another in a cycle (evaporation, etc.) that's called:
a process
200
List out 2 ways to control invasive species
remove them, kill them, introduce a predator,
300
A producer gets their energy from:
The Sun
300
What is a nutrient?
A non-living substance that is essential for life.
300
Is there a decomposer shown in this food chain?
No
300
A group of living and non-living things in an area is called an:
Ecosystem
300
How do invasive species normally get to a new continent?
humans bring them along
400
Consumers get their matter from:
the organisms they eat
400
Name 3 non-living things in an ecosystem.
Rocks, air, water, clouds, sunlight, dirt, etc.
400
Name two animals that do NOT interact on this chain.
Wolf, coyote
400
List three examples of decomposers
Fungi, bacteria, dung beetles, vultures, insects, earthworms, etc.
400
list two reasons why humans bring new species to new continents
decoration, food, hunting, pest control, accident, etc.
500
Producers get their matter from:
The CO2 in the air.
500
Name 3 nutrients in an ecosytem.
Carbon, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorous, water, potassium, etc.
500
Describe a food chain using these organisms:
Oak tree
Hawk
caterpillar
Finch (small bird)
tree > caterpillar > finch > hawk
500
List the three things needed for photosynthesis.
Water, Sunlight, and CO2
500
are north american species invasive in europe?
yes