invertebrates
plants
making food
bacteria/fungi/protists
connections
100
animals without backbones
What is invertebrates
100
underground structures that collect water and dissolved minerals from the soil
What is roots
100
what plants supply the earth with
What is oxygen and food
100
can be caused by bacteria
What is illnesses
100
an animal that eats dead animals
What is scavenger
200
are invertebrates with soft bodies and hard shells
What is mollusks
200
root composed of several equal sized roots that spread out from the plant’s base
What is fibrous
200
the part of the plant that prevents soil from washing away
What is roots
200
an organism that absorbs its food from dead, decaying, or living material
What is fungus
200
term for the food and energy links in an ecosystem
What is food chain
300
the holes through which insects breathe
What is spiracles
300
the green pigment in plants that help them make their own food
What is chlorophyll
300
the type of scientist who studies plants
What is botanist
300
photosynthesizing protists
What is algae
300
the term for nonliving things in an environment
What is abiotic factors
400
the largest phylum of invertebrates
What is arthropods
400
tissues transport water, minerals and dissolved nutrients for the plant
What is vascular
400
the pigment that turns leaves brown
What is tannins
400
a scientist who studies microorganisms
What is microbiologist
400
a network of food chains in an ecosystem
What is food web
500
invertebrates radial symmetry, spiny skin, and skeletons inside their bodies
What is echinoderms
500
the vascular tissue that transports food from the leaves to the other parts of the plant
What is phloem
500
the pigment that turns leaves yellow, orange or light tan
What is carotenoid
500
one celled organisms without a nucleus
What is bacteria
500
an animal that eats both plants and animals
What is omnivore
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