Endangered Animals
What is an endangered animal
an animal who is seriously at risk for extinction
What is the equation for cellular respiration?
CO2 + Water + Sunlight = O2 + Sugar
What is the equation for cellular respiration?
O2 + Sugar = CO2 + Water + Energy
What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
a food web is multiple food chains and shows us the relationships within an ecosystem
What does extinct mean?
No living members exist on earth
Rain and the ground (through the roots)
Where do humans get the sugar they need?
food
Draw a food web and food chain
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What does extirpated mean?
Where do plants get the CO2 that they need?
Humans and the atmosphere
What are the outputs of cellular respiration?
Water, energy, CO2
What is the definition of producer?
living things that make their own food
Name an endangered animal that we talked about in class or you researched
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Which could be used to monitor the rate of photosynthesis in a plant?
oxygen production
What gas is given off during cellular respiration?
CO2
Which way should the arrows of a food chain/web point?
towards the animal who is consuming
What are some reasons animals become extinct? (human impacts on the ecosystem)
habitat destruction
invasive species
pollution
over Population
over harvesting
Plants must contain ______ to carry out photosynthesis
chlorophyll
Explain how energy is on the right side (output) side of the cellular respiration equation
The energy is being used by the organism, it is not being released
Explain primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers
primary - eats producers (herbivore)
secondary & tertiary - eat the lower trophic level (omnivore or carnivore)