Does it matter?
What is matter?
Plants are _____ because they create their own food
Producers
What is an example of a Consumer?
Animals
Move, grow or survive
What 3 things make up matter in an ecosystem?
Air, water, and decomposed materials
Which is NOT referring to photosynthesis?
a) are able produce glucose and oxygen
b)absorb carbon dioxide from the air and water of the soil
c) they indirectly access the energy from plants
c) refers to carnivores
What gains energy from eating plants?
Herbivores
Describe the cycle of matter from Plants to animals. Double the points if you mention how it's returned
Animals eat plants, gain energy from the glucose. Returns to the soil in waste
What creates food using air water and sunlight?
Producers
What do Consumers depend on?
Plants and other animals for food and energy.
What gains energy from the plants digested from other animals they've consumed?
Carnivores
What does the stomata do within plants?
These tiny holes in the leaves absorb carbon dioxide
In the matter cycle which step is this referring to?
"When animals produce waste or die, decomposers break down the organic material into nutrients?"
Animals to Decomposers
What do animals release to continue the cycle of matter?
Waste & carbon dioxide
What eats both plants and animals?
Omnivores
What role do Decomposers play in the cycle between Animals to Decomposers?
Decomposers break down the organic material into nutrients
Give me a real life example of matter movement in an ecosystem. Double the points for the correct cycling.
Forrest Ecosystem: Trees absorb carbon dioxide and water from the soil. Animals eat plants and return to the soil via waste. Decomposers break down fallen plant life & dead animals, recycling back to the soil for trees to use.
How does a decomposer help the cycle of matter and give me an example?
ex: fungi, bacteria, earth worms
How do plants provide energy to other animals?
They utilize photosynthesis to create glucose and oxygen. Animals will gain energy when they consume the plant
What is the use of carbon dioxide, water and sunlight to create your food?
Give me each cycle that this role helps in the ecosystem.