Ecosystem
Name a small ecosystem
Pond, background, garden, tank, etc.
What is a Producer?
An biotic factor that can make it‘s own food
What is Photosynthesis?
The process of plants making their own food
What is evaporation?
When a liquid turns into a gas (water vapor)
What movie makes it hard to breathe?
The Lorax
What does abiotic mean?
Non-living
Name three consumers
Herbivore, Carnivore, and Omnivore
Name the three main ingredients for photosynthesis to take place
Water, Carbon Dioxide, & Sunlight
True or false: Precipitation can be sleet too
True
How many weeks are in a year?
52
Name our three basic needs for survival
Shelter, Food, & Oxygen
What is a decomposer?
A biotic factor that eats (decomposes) dead plants and animals
After the process of photosynthesis takes place what two things does the plant produce?
Oxygen and Glucose (sugar)
What is Condensation?
The physical process where a substance changes from its gaseous state into its liquid state.
What is a Catalyst?
Something that speeds up a reaction
What is a population?
An amount of ONE species in an area
What is the main source of energy an a food chain
The sun
What do you call the thing in a plants leaves that gives it color and helps it photosynthesize?
chlorophyll
What is the Carbon Cycle?
The carbon cycle is nature’s way of reusing carbon atoms, moving them continuously between the air, land, water, and living things
Name all three daughters of Gru
Margo, Edith, & Agnes
Name two animal adaptations
Mimicry and camouflage
Name this food chain, using the right terminology
Sun-Grass-Rabbit-Fox-Earthworms
Energy source-producer-primary consumer-secondary consumer-decomposer
What is Cellular Respiration?
The process of animals and humans taking in energy for it to be released back out as water and carbon dioxide.
What is Combustion?
The scientific word for burning.
Is science your favorite subject? Tell the truth
Yes