Photosynthesis
Food Chains
Food Webs
Adaptations
Ecosystems Category
100
The green pigment in all producers that captures the sun's energy
Chlorophyll
100
All food chains begin with what type of organism?
Producers
100

A food web is made of many overlapping ________ _______

food chains

100

Talons are useful for catching what type of prey? 

Small animals

100

Name one human action that could be beneficial to an environment?

Planting trees, removing dams, de-polluting etc....

200
Plants use sunlight, water and ____________ to make ________ and oxygen
Carbon dioxide, sugar
200
What type of organisms break down dead materials?
Decomposers
200
A food web is like a spider web, all things are connected...What happens when a part of it is pulled out or broken?
The rest of the web (all other organisms) are affected/ The other animals feel the change/ It falls apart etc...
200

Webbed feet are useful for what type of environment?

Water

200

The most energy is stored at what level of the energy pyramid?

Producer level

300
All producers capture energy from ______________?
The Sun
300
The arrows in a food chain show the flow of ____________?
Energy
300
True or False: Food Webs are more complex than food chains?
True
300
The types of animals that live in tropical rain forests are _____________ (the same or different) THAN those that lives in deciduous (United States) forests?
Different
300

What is an energy pyramid used to show?

the amount of energy at each tropic level


400
Energy from the sun is what type of energy? (light, thermal, chemical)
Light
400
The arrows in a food chain point to the organism that ________________ (takes in/or releases) energy?
Takes in
400
What is 1 difference between food webs and food chains?
Food webs go in many directions/ They show the relationships between all organisms/ Include all predator/prey relationships
400

How do desert plants adapt to survive in the dry, hot habitat? 

Special leaves and structures to collect and store water

400

Organisms that all feed on fish: birds, raccoons, humans, ducks, bears, and otter. Name all the animals that would be affected if all the fish were to be removed from the ecosystem?

birds, raccoons, humans, ducks, bears, and otter.

500
Energy provided from photosynthesis is what type of energy? (light, thermal, or chemical)?
Chemical
500
Decomposers return ___________to the soil?
Nutrients
500

Make a food web from the following organisms (use at least 4) *grasshopper, snake, frog, grass, mice, owl*

grass - mice - snake - owl

grass - grasshopper - frog - snake

500

Over time, the human population has increased. One reason why is that there is _________ (more or less) food available to consume

More

500

Beavers build dams that help create homes for other organisms to live in. This change to the ecosystem is (beneficial, neutral, or harmful)?

Beneficial

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