Plants
Animals
Energy Transfer
Vocabulary
Surprise!
100

Where do plants get their energy?

The sun

100

True or False:

All animals are consumers

True!

100

What is a food chain?

a path by which energy flows from one living thing to another

100

An organism that breaks down the (dead) remains of plants and animals.

Decomposer

100

The process where plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to produce their own food.

Photosynthesis

200

What 3 things does a plant need to go through photosynthesis?

water, carbon dioxide, sunlight

200

How do animals get their energy?

By eating plants or other animals

200

Give an example of a food chain. 

example:

sunlight>algae>shrimp>frog>fish

200

Matter

Anything that has mass and takes up space.

200

What is the process of growing plants in only water called?

Hydroponics.

300

Which two things do plants produce through photosynthesis?

A. oxygen B. carbon dioxide  C. chlorophyll   D. sugars

A. Oxygen

D. Sugars

300

Name the consumer that ONLY eats plants.

Herbivore

300

What do the arrows in a food chain/web show?

The arrows show the transfer of energy through the food chain/web.

300

To increase in size, abundance, or complexity.

Growth
300

What do fruits, seeds, and flowers help a plant do?

Reproduce

400

What is the function of the roots of a plant?

1. Take in water and nutrients.

2. Anchor the plant to the ground.

400

Name the consumer that ONLY eats meat.

Carnivore

400

True or False:  

Animals do not depend on energy from the sun for food.

False. Animals must consumer plants or other animals to survive. Without the sun, no plants would grow,.

400

Omnivore

An animal that consumes plants or other animals.

400

How do plants and animals interact in the carbon dioxide - oxygen cycle?

Plants take in carbon dioxide and give off oxygen. Animals breathe in oxygen and give off carbon dioxide.

500

Which plant part is mainly responsible for absorbing sunlight and carrying out photosynthesis.

Leaves

500

If a rabbit is a primary consumer, what is the wolf that eats the rabbit called?

Secondary Consumer

500

What is the function of decomposers?

Decomposers break down dead organisms and return nutrients to the soil.

500

An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy.

Producer

500
What is the animal at the top of the food chain in a given ecosystem called?

Apex predator

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