Vocabulary
What is a carnivore?
Animals that eat only meat.
Where does the energy from a piece of grass come from?
The sun.
What are the 4 spheres of Earth?
Biosphere, Hydrosphere, Geosphere and Atmosphere.
What is a consumer?
Animals that eat plants or other animals.
Give an example of a producer.
Plants, seeds...
What is something that is included in the Biosphere?
All living things.
Sequence that shows how energy and nutrients
flow from one organism to another in an ecosystem.
Food chain.
What is an herbivore? Give one example of an herbivore.
An animal that eats only plants. Rabbits, horse, cow, deer..
What is something that is included in the Hydrosphere?
All of Earth's water.
What is an omnivore?
An animal that eats both plants and animals.
Describe a food chain that a piece of grass might be a part of.
Deer eat grass and the deer can be eaten by a mountain lion.
What is an example of something in the atmosphere?
Air, gas...
What is the difference between a food chain and food web?
A food chain is a simple energy transfer while a food web is a complex network of interconnected food chains.
Give an example of each type of consumer. 1st order consumer, 2nd order consumer, and 3rd order consumer.
1st order: Rabbits, deer, grasshoppers....
2nd order: Bears, songbirds, wolves, crocodiles
3rd order: Eagles, sharks, polar bears
What is an example of 2 spheres of Earth interacting?
When an animal burrows into the ground in the biosphere, it is interacting with the geosphere.