Vocabulary
the ability to do work
Energy
Animals ______________ because they consume energy from plants.
Growth
What are the characteristics of life?
Respond to stimuli, grow and change, use and obtain energy
All of the energy of life starts with the ______.
Sun
What is a result of overhunting a prey?
the process plants use to covert sunlight into energy
photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Energy is used by organisms to:
grow, move, and body repair
What are producers?
Plants, make their own food.
Producers?
Cactus, Hawk, Owl, Lizard, Snake, Grasshopper, Mouse, Bush
Cactus, bush
Plants us water and ________ to make sugar in their leaves.
carbon dioxide
Animals depend upon energy from plants for _______________ and growth.
Body repair
The energy that is found in food was once...
Energy from the sun
What are consumers?
Organisms that eat other organisms for energy.
Consumers?
Cactus, Hawk, Owl, Lizard, Snake, Grasshopper, Mouse, Bush
Hawk, Owl, Lizard, Snake, Grasshopper, Mouse
The specialized cells that plants use to collect light.
Chloroplast
______________ and carbon dioxide are the products of cellular respiration that are the materials that will start photosynthesis.
Water
Plants get mostly what they need to grow from...
air and water
Which of these would be consumers?
Rabbit Lion Cactus Elephant
Rose bush Tree Human Dog
Rabbit, lion, elephant, dog, human
Primary Consumer
Cactus, Hawk, Owl, Lizard, Snake, Grasshopper, Mouse, Bush
Mouse, Grasshopper
A waste product of photosynthesis, _____________ is put into the atmosphere.
Oxygen
Energy from the sun is converted by plants and stored as ______________.
Glucose
_________ are the waste products of photosynthesis.
water and carbon dioxide
What tis the role of the decomposer?
Recycle dead material back into the ecosystem.
Tertiary Consumer
Cactus, Hawk, Owl, Lizard, Snake, Grasshopper, Mouse, Bush
Depending on the chain, Owl and Hawk