Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Questions 1
Questions 2
Mixed Bag
100
All the living and nonliving things in an environment
What is an ecosystem?
100
consumer that eats other consumers/animals
What is a carnivore
100
Examples of living things in an ecosystem
What are types of animals, plants (squirrels, birds, trees, etc.)
100
What are all the food chains in a community?
What is a food web
100
consumer that eats both plants and other consumers/animals
What is an omnivore
200
Place where an animal or plant lives
What is a habitat?
200
consumer that eats only plants
What is a herbivore
200
Examples of nonliving things in an ecosystem
What are wind, rocks, soil, water
200
Examples of nonliving parts of an ecosystem
What are wind, rocks, soil, water, sunlight
200
Which way does energy flow in a food chain?
Prey to predator; producer to consumer
300
a green substance found in plants that traps energy from the sun and gives plants their green color
What is chlorophyll?
300
a process by which plants change light energy from the sun and use it to make sugar
What is photosynthesis?
300
How do omnivores have an advantage over herbivores and carnivores if there are changes in an ecosystem?
They have more options
300
Even though sometimes humans are vegetarians, they are considered this type of animal:
What is an omnivore
300
Rabbits and chipmunks eat the same kinds of food. They are called...
What are herbivores?
400
a living thing that uses sunlight to make sugar
What is a producer
400
a living thing that gets energy by eating plants and other animals
What is a consumer?
400
Three things that habitats provide
What are food, water, and shelter?
400
Where plants get the energy they need.
What is the sun?
400
What do plants need to change light energy into food energy?
What are water and air?
500
a gas found in air that plants use to produce sugar
What is carbon dioxide?
500
a consumer that puts materials from dead plants and animals back into the soil, air, and water
What is a decomposer
500
Can photosynthesis happen at night? Why or why not?
No, it cannot happen at night. Light is required.
500
How are plants different from most other living things?
They are producers - they use light energy to make sugar.
500
What are two ways people can affect food webs?
Pesticides, dumping waste in oceans/rivers, deforestation, overfishing
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