Science in Review Part 2

Energy in Ecosystems

100

Plants need this to make sugars they used for food

Carbon dioxide

200

The process of how plants make food is called

Photosynthesis

300

Organisms that make their own food

Producers

400

These organisms eat other living things to get energy

Consumers

500

Bacteria or fungi are called

Decomposers

Types of Consumers

100

These only eat plants or producers

Herbivores

200

Meat eating consumers are a called

Carnivores

300

Meat and plant eating consumers are called

Omnivores

400

The name for consumers that eat the dead bodies of other animals

Scavengers

500

An organism in danger or running out is called

Extinct

Food Chains

100

The transfer of energy from one organism to the next

Food chain

200

All food chains start with the

Sun

300

The sun gives its energy to a

Producer

400

A first level consumer is a 

Herbivore

500

Second level consumers are 

Omnivores and carnivores

Food Webs

100

Shows how food chains overlaps

Food web

200

These put nutrients back into the soil

Decomposers

300

An organism that was brought into an ecosystem it does not belong

Invasive species

400

These limit the number of animals below them in the food chain

Predators

500

Arrows in a food web shows how energy is

Transferred

EXTRA CREDIT

100

Mary has plants in her house. She waters them every other day and keeps them by the window to get sunlight. Why do the plants need sunlight?

To make their own food. 

10 bonus points to name the process (30 seconds)

200

What do plants use as food to live and grow?

Glucose (sugar)

10 bonus points What else does a plant produce when making sugar (30 seconds)

300

Name 10 carnivores in 35 seconds

Teacher will check answers

400

Denzel is studying food chains in different ecosystems. He knows that in a forest ecosystem, rabbits and deer eat plants. Snakes and owls eat small animals such as mice and chipmunks. Raccoons and bears eat fish, insects, berries, and other plants. Which of the following can Denzel say are omnivores?

bears and raccoons

50 Bonus points - Name a decomposer in their ecosystem (30 seconds)

500

A typical food chain is made up of sunlight, plants, and animals that have different roles. The roles of the animals in a food chain follow a logical order. What is most likely the order of organisms in a food chain?

producer, herbivore, omnivore, carnivore

or
producer, herbivore, omnivore, omnivore

or
producer, herbivore, carnivore, carnivore

or
producer, herbivore, carnivore, omnivore