Plants
What three things do plants need in order for photosynthesis to occur?
Carbon dioxide
Water
Sunlight
What is a consumer?
a living thing that cannot eat its own food and must eat other living things to survive.
What is a predator?
An animal that hunts, catches, and eats other animals.
All energy starts from one source. What is this source?
The original source of energy for all life is _________.
the sun
What is the waste that leaves the plant after photosynthesis?
Oxygen
What is photosynthesis
a process that plants use to make sugar for growth.
What is prey?
Animals that are caught and eaten by predators.
How does a blue whale rely on energy from the sun to survive?
It eats krill. the krill eat plankton which is grown through photosynthesis which needs sunlight to occur.
What is a producer?
a living thing that can make its own food for growth.
What process do plants grow through to get energy for growth?
Photosynthesis
All the living and nonliving things that surround and affect and organism are its ___________________.
environment
The role an animal plays in its environment is called a ___________.
Niche
The first organism in a food chain is always a __________ which gets energy from the sun.
producer
plant
What are two things that might happen to a population if resources are limited?
They will move to another place and widen their niche or the animals will compete for resources.
Plants take in water through the __________.
Roots
What is a habitat?
a place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive.
Different populations of animals make up a _____________ of organisms.
community
How does energy move through a food chain?
the producer gets energy from the sun
a consumer then eats the producer and another organism will eat that consumer, etc.
What is one thing a plant does not need in order to grow?
Soil
Carbon dioxide enters through the ________, and oxygen exits them as waste.
Stomata
A community of organisms and the environment in which they live is called an ________.
ecosystem
Give me two animals from the same environment and tell me their different niches. HINT: from our textbook
the owl hunts at night
the hawk hunts during the day
How does eating something allow organisms to gain energy?
Food is broken down by the stomach and the nutrients are turned into energy. Whatever the body does not use is put out as waste.
All living organisms are made up of __________ and require _____________ for growth and repair.
matter
energy