Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers
What plants use to make their own food
Sunlight, water, and air (Carbon Dioxide)
What are the tiny roots of fungi called?
Hyphae/Mycellium
What a domino has when it is placed up on its end
Stored, or potential, energy
When we used paper cup phones, we sent ______________s into the cup and through the string.
vibrations
List three renewable energy resources.
Wind, solar, and water.
What would a forest be like if there were no decomposers?
There would be A LOT of dead plants and animals on the ground.
What are the "seeds" of mushrooms and other fungus called?
Spores
What happens from one thing to another in a chain reaction machine?
Energy is transferred.
You hear this when sound bounces off something and comes back toward you.
An echo
What goes into the air when we burn wood or fossil fuels like gas, coal, or oil?
Carbon dioxide
What kinds of living things are consumers?
Living things that have to hunt, gather and eat their food. Animals are consumers.
Fungus "breathes" in _________ and "exhales" __________.
Fungi takes in oxygen and gives off carbon dioxide.
When you lift something up, you give it ___________ energy.
gravitational/potential
Lower
Solar and wind power have downsides. What are they?
True or False: Fungi use sunlight to make their own food.
False. They get energy by breaking down dead things (and some fungi eat scat).
List three parts of a mushroom.
cap, stem (stipe), skirt, gills, hyphae, mycelium
When a rolling marble hits another marble, some energy is transferred to the other marble, and some energy is lost. Why?
Some energy from the rolling marble is transferred to the other marble. Also, some energy is lost when a sound is made.
If you screamed in ____________, no one would hear it.
outer space
How could using a solar cooker help someone live a healthier life?
If you don't have to burn wood or dung to make your food, you don't have to breathe in smoke, which is unhealthy for your lungs.
No matter what food you eat, in a way you are always eating __________.
plants (and water and air and sunlight!)
Mushrooms that feed on scat are called...
Coprophilous
Energy is the ability to do __________.
work (or cause change)
What is an oscilloscope?
Something that allows us to "see" sound waves
What are gas and oil made of?
They are made of dead plants and animals from millions of years ago.