Nature-ish
The part of the plant that holds up the plant, supports the leaves, and carries water and nutrients upward is ______.
What is the STEM?
A student claims sunflowers reproduce by producing seeds. What part of the sunflower would the student use to support this claim?
_______ is all of the distinct stages of life.
What is THE LIFE CYCLE?
________ is rain, snow, sleet or hail that falls to Earth.
What is PRECIPITATION?
An animal of a large group that has a backbone is a _______.
What is a VERTEBRATE?
The process from the air, and energy from the sunlight to make food is called __________.
What is PHOTOSYNTHESIS?
The amount of the same type of organism in an environment is called a ________
What is the POPULATION?
_________ is a contest among organisms for resources.
What is COMPETITION?
_________ populations are populations that are so small that they are likely to become extinct.
What is ENDANGERED?
Tiny drops of water formed as water cools is called _______.
_______ must be spread to grow new plants.
What is POLLEN?
The community combined with its physical environment is an __________.
Plants that use sunlight to make food are called ______.
What are PRODUCERS?
_______ is the parent the controls everything in nature.
What is the MOTHER?
_______ is how water gets into the air.
________ are tiny holes in a leaf carbon dioxide goes through.
What are the STOMATA?
A _________ is all the populations of organisms living in an environment.
What is a COMMUNITY?
Populations that are gone are called _______.
What is EXTINCT?
An _______ shows the amount of energy available
to pass from one level of the food chain to the next.
What is an ENERGY PYRAMID?
_________ are mushrooms and bacteria that break down the tissues of dead organisms.
_________ are the food factories of the plants.
What are LEAVES?
_________ protects the seeds inside by preventing animals from getting them, protecting them from cold weather, and providing extra food.
What is FRUIT?
The changes in the shape of characteristics of an organism's body as it grows is called ______.
What is METAMORPHOSIS?
Animals that eat to get the energy they need are called _________.
A _______ shows how the consumers in an ecosystem are connected to one another according to what they eat.
What is a FOOD CHAIN?