Definitions
The green material in plants that absorbs sunlight, which the plant uses to make food.
Chlorophyll
All animals that get their energy from food that they eat
Consumers
Plants and algae use energy from the sunlight to make their own food. They are called ________.
Producers
In a food chain, _______ is passed from one living thing to another.
energy
Name 3 foods that we get from cows
Beef, steak, dairy products
A process by which energy passes from one living thing to another.
Food chain
What are the three types of consumers?
herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores
What color is chlorophyll?
Green
This model of how energy moves throughout an ecosystem shows a network of how energy spreads out through a network of consumers
Food web
What part of a plant is chlorophyll stored in?
Leaves
The process by which green plants make food by using energy from sunlight
Photosynthesis
Name two different foods that bears eat that cause them to be classified as omnivores.
Grasses, fruits, nuts, berries, insects, fish, and rabbits.
When plants photosynthesize, they give off what gas?
Oxygen
Which comes first in a food chain: producers or consumers?
Producers
A grasshopper who eats a sage bush is an example of which type of consumer?
Herbivore
A consumer that gets its energy from eating plants.
Herbivore
How are herbivores and omnivores alike?
They both get their energy from food and are consumers.
What 3 things do plants need to make their own energy?
Carbon dioxide, sunlight, and water
What does web mean?
Network, set of paths that connect or join together
Chlorophyll is the material that gives leaves their green color. Chloro comes from a greek word that means _______.
Pale green
A process that combines many food chains to show how energy moves through an ecosystem.
Food Web
Vultures are a special kind of carnivore that eat what remains of animals that have already died. What are they called?
Scavengers
When plants photosynthesis, what are they making?
(be specific. Not food or energy)
sugar
The first part of every food chain and the supplier of all energy
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