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
Organisms in an ecosystem that all feed on fish: birds, raccoons, humans, ducks, bears, and otter.
Draw an energy pyramid for these creatures
See Miss DeBlauw
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? (They survive without water, they make their own water or they have special leaves and other structures to help collect and store water?)
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) *grass, grasshopper, frog, snake, mice, owl*
See Miss DeBlauw
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)?