What is a producer?
A producer is an organism that can make it's own food through the process of photosynthesis
What is the main source of energy for all organisms?
The sun!
Every food web has what two things?
Producer and Consumer
What is the one thing most plants use but they really don't need?
Soil
In what direction does energy flow through a food chain or food web?
It flows in ONE direction!
What is a microbe
A tiny, microscopic life form
Name two of the three things needed to conduct photosynthesis
Water, Sunlight, Carbon Dioxide
What do the arrows in a food web represent?
The flow of energy from one organism to another.
Do basic needs differ from environment to environment? True or False
True! A squirrel can't meet its basic needs in the ocean!
Predator
What is waste matter?
Anything deemed useless or unwanted. Example: trash, dead animals, dead plants
What is the end result of photosynthesis? (there are two answers you need both!)
Oxygen and Glucose
Describe the flow of energy in one of the food chains below. Use key vocabulary to describe the movement.
Answers will vary
What does interdependent mean in relation to ecosystems?
It means that organisms depend on one another for survival.
DAILY DOUBLE
What are nitrogen compounds?
Nitrogen compounds are like super energy. They can only be found in soil and water. They can not be found in the air.
What is the definition for environment
All living and non-living things surrounding an organism.
What is a consumer and give an example.
A consumer is an organism that gets its energy by eating or consuming another organism. Examples will vary.
Every food chain or food web moves from the
sun --> _______----> __________----> _________
then the cycle continues
producer, consumer, decomposer
What are the four basic needs of an animal?
food, water, shelter, air
What is an energy pyramid big at the bottom and smaller at the top?
Producers contain the most energy because they make their own food. Organisms that eat producers, use their food energy and release it as heat energy, therefore converting energy to something else.
What is the definition for an ecosystem?
All living and non-living things and their interactions in an area.
What is the green substance in plants that assists with photosynthesis?
Chlorophyll or Chloroplasts
DAILY DOUBLE
What is the difference between a primary consumer and a secondary consumer?
Primary consumer is a herbivore
Secondary consumer is an omnivore or carnivore
What do 5 things do plants need to survive?
air
water
light
space
nutrients
What is the difference between hydroponics and aquaponics?
Hydroponics: plants grow with just water and air
Aquaponics: plants use nutrient rich water, aquatic organisms live in the water, their waste is used to make the water nutritious