Vocabulary
Name That Consumer
Photosynthesis
The Nitrogen Cycle
Old Science
100
Define Autotroph
An organism that makes its own food.
100
What type of consumer only eats plants?
Herbivore
100
Where do plants get the energy to do photosynthesis?
Sunlight
100
What is the name of the element that makes up almost 80% of Earth's atmosphere?
Nitrogen
100
What is the name of the organ system that pumps blood through the body?
Cardiovascular system
200
Define Food Web
A web or a combination of food chains that show how all organisms in an ecosystem are connected by what they eat.
200
What type of consumer only eats meat?
Carnivore
200
What are the two products of photosynthesis?
Glucose and oxygen.
200
What is an example of what nitrogen is used for in living organisms?
Protein formation. DNA.
200
What is the name of the smallest piece of matter that is made of protons, neutrons, and electrons?
Atom.
300
Define Scavenger and give an example.
A consumer that eats animals that have already died or have been killed.
300
What type of consumer eats both plants and animals?
Omnivore
300
What is the purpose of carbon dioxide in photosynthesis?
It's what the plant breathes in.
300
What is the decomposer's role in the nitrogen cycle?
Breaks down dead plants and animals to release nitrogen back to the Earth.
300
What is the density of an object that weighs 25.0g and has a volume of 5.0cm^3? (with correct units)
5.0g/cm^3
400
Define Denitrification
The process where bacteria turn nitrates back into gaseous N2, which is then released back into the atmosphere.
400
Where do consumers get their energy?
From eating other organisms.
400
How many of molecules of water (H2O) are needed to make one molecule of glucose?
6
400
What is the name of the protein building blocks that plants make from nitrates?
Amino Acids
400
What's the name of the sphere that contains all of the water found on Earth?
Hydrosphere
500
Define Amino Acid
The building blocks of proteins.
500
The mouse eats the grass. The snake eats the mouse. The hawk eats the snake. Other than a carnivore, what type of consumer is the snake?
Secondary Consumer
500
What is the name of the molecule that captures sunlight and turns the plant green?
Chlorophyll.
500
What is the name of the process where bacteria change the nitrogen from the air into a usable form?
Nitrogen Fixation
500
How are sedimentary rocks made?
Weathering/erosion and compression
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