Unit Review 1
Where do producers get energy to make their own food?
The sun!
What is a consumer?
An organism that eats another organism
What is one thing animals need food for?
Body repair, growth, motion, warmth, energy
What is the process plants use to make their own food?
Photosynthsis
True or false: plants can grow without soil
True
What is an herbivore?
An animal that eats only plants (producers)
What is a food chain?
A model that shows how organisms depend on the next as a food source.
What is the same of the sugar plants make?
Glucose
What energy role breaks down dead material so new plants can grow?
Decomposers
An organism that eats animals is called a....
carnivore
What is a food web?
a model that shows how multiple food chains interconnect and how organisms depend on each other as a source of food
List these organisms in a food chain correctly: dolphin, shrimp, algae, and shark
algae, shrimp, dolphin, shark
What is an apex predator?
The top of a food chain
What is an ecosystem?
Living and nonliving things that interact in an enviornment
Deforestation, agriculture, building homes, forest fires, overhunting, overfishing, overpopulation, water/ air pollution
Study the food web (TE page 122), which organism(s) is/are shown as omnivores?
person
When food is converted into energy, the process is known as...
Metabolism
Name 4 examples of ecosystems
desert, lake, river, coral reef, tundra, grassland, forest, etc
Name 2 natural events that can disrupt an ecosystem
Volcano, earthquake, fire, tornado, drought, flood, invasive species, etc.
Study the food web (TE page 122), which organism would increase if the snake population decreases?
Mouse