What is an ecosystem?
How do plants get energy?
How do other living things get energy?
What are food webs & food chains?
Anything Goes!
100
All the living and nonliving things in an environment and how they interact is called a.....
ecosystem
100
The green substance found inside plants that traps energy from the sun and gives plants their green color is called...
Chlorophyll
100
A living thing that gets energy by eating plants and other animals is called a...
consumer
100
The flow of energy through a community is called a...
food chain
100
The habitat of a whale would be the...
ocean
200
Name 3 living things found in an ecosystem:
Possible answers: animals, grass, trees, flowers, insects
200
The process by which plants change light energy from the sun and use it to make sugar is called...
photosynthesis
200
A consumer that only eats plants is called an...
herbivore
200
An animal that hunts and kills other animals for food is called a...
predator
200
In the following food chain, which organism is the producer? Sun - Grass - Grasshopper - Snake
The grass
300
What are three nonliving things found in an ecosystem?
Possible answers: wind, rocks, soil, water, sunlight
300
A gas found in the air that plants need for photosynthesis to happen is called...
carbon dioxide
300
A consumer that eats other consumers is called a...
carnivore
300
The animal that predators hunt is called...
prey
300
A consumer that puts materials from dead animals and plants back into the soil, air, and water is called a... (worms are an example)
decomposer
400
The place where a plant or animal lives is called a...
habitat
400
A living thing that uses sunlight to make sugar is called a...
producer
400
A consumer that eats both plants and other consumers is called an...
omnivore
400
All the food chains in a community are called a...
food web
400
In the following food chain, which animal is the predator? sun - flower - mouse - hawk
the hawk
500
Why are insects and worms good for the soil?
They tunnel and create holes for air to get into the soil. They also eat dead plants and animals. Worms put good nutrients back into the soil.
500
What gas is released by plants into the air?
oxygen
500
A consumer that eats dead animals is called a...
scavenger
500
How can people effect food chains?
Possible answers: destroying habiats, hunting animals to extinction, pollution
500
What are two organisms that might be prey for an owl?
Possible answers: small birds, mice, snakes, rabbits, etc.
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