Products
What are the 2 products of photosynthesis
Glucose & Oxygen
What 3 things are needed for photosynthesis to happen?
water, carbon dioxide & radiant energy
Why do plants photosynthesize?
To create their own food
What is a producer? definition and 1 example
Organisms that make their own energy.
Grass, flowers, bacteria
What makes a food web better than a food chain?
Webs are more detailed
Oxygen
What part of the plant is used to capture sunlight?
The chloroplast in the leaves
What do you call something that makes its own food
autotrophs
Consumer
organisms that eating other organisms
rabbits, fox
What do the arrows in a food web represent?
Flow of energy!
Photosynthesis could not happen without...
Radiant energy (sun)
What happens to the solar energy absorbed by plants during photosynthesis?
Transformed into chemical energy
Where does a plant get energy from to photosynthesize?
What is a heterotroph?
feed on producers or other consumers
a food web could not exist without the?
sun!
Glucose is what kind of energy?
Chemical Energy
During the process of photosynthesis... _____ energy is transferred to _______ energy
light energy is converted to chemical energy
What energy transformation occurs in photosynthesis
light energy to chemical energy
What type of animal would be at the top of the food pyramid?
Mushrooms are vital components of the north Texas food chain. Describe why these mushrooms are so important?
Without them, organic matter could not be recycled into the food chain because they are decomposers
What is the chemical formula for the products of photosynthesis?
If you were to draw a leaf and look at it under the microscope what would the chlorophyll look like?
small circles...
What is the photosynthesis equation.. in words?
carbon dioxide + water + sun ------> Glucose + Oxygen
In an ecosystem in Africa, zebras and gazelles feed on grasses and other plants. Lions and leopards feed on zebras and gazelles. What role do zebras and gazelles in this ecosystem?
(carnivores, consumers, decomposers, or producers)
Consumers
We know mushrooms are great for forests because they are decomposers so they break down nutrients, what is 1 other example of a decomposer?
mushrooms, insects, worms