food chain/web
What is at the bottom of a food chain?
producer
How do plants get their food?
They make their own food.
What did we find out slows down the production of mold?
salt
Huge cone bearing trees that can grow up to 300 feet or more are called ______ trees.
Sequoia Trees
Are worms harmful or helpful? How do you know?
Worms are helpful. They burrow to help plants, add nutrients to the soil, and help to break down organisms.
What happens when you have organsims that are eaten or eat more than one other organism?
You have a food web
What kind of air do plants use? How do they get this air?
Carbon dioxide through the stomata
Seeds of fungi that are in the air that produce more fungi are called what?
spores
Microscopic marine algae that float in the upper part of the ocean are called _______.
Phytoplankton
Where do the leaves go each year when they fall off the trees?
They get decomposed and broken down.
What are the food chain questions you when trying to put together a food chain?
What does it eat? or What eats it?
An organism that eats only plants is called a what?
herbivore
Mushrooms, mold, and mildew are in the _______ group.
fungi
The study of matter that takes up space and reacts to changes in the environment is called ________
chemistry
Does air weigh anything?
yes. Air has weight. We did the balloon experiment with a scale and it showed the scale going down.
What is an example of a producer?
A plant
What kind of food do plants make?
Sugar
A worm's waste product that makes the soil richer are called what?
castings
One celled organisms that can be both helpful and harmful are _______.
Bacteria
Fossilized waste of dinosaurs is a=called ________.
Coprolites
What is at the top of a food chain?
An animal that can isn't eaten by anything else
How do plant roots differ from mushroom roots?
Plant roots get water and hold the plant in place. Mushroom roots decompose
An organism that breaks down dead or decaying material is called what?
decomposers
Most living and nonliving things contain carbon. That's why on earth they say there is a carbon _______.
Carbon Cycle
How do the characteristics of worms make them well suited to living underground?
They are long and slender, they like darkness abd dampness.