vocab 1
seeds of fungi that produce more fungi are called____
SPORES
one celled organisms that can be both harmful and helpful are _________
BACTERIA
Chemicals added to the soil to increase richness is called _________
FERTILIZER
How is a worm helpful?
They leave castings behind to help make the soil richer and burrow to make room for plant roots to grow.
What characteristics make worms well suited to live underground?
they have slender, slimy bodies, they burrow, and they use the soil to help with digestion.
mushroom, mold, and mildew are in a group called ____
FUNGI
The period of time when the last know dinosaurs existed is the __________ period.
CRETACEOUS
Large populations of algae in the water that may discolor the water are called ________
ALGAE BLOOMS
What happens when you have organisms that eat or are eaten by more than one other organism?
You have a food web
What kind of air do plant's use and how do they get this air?
Carbon dioxide through their stomata
an organism that breaks down dead or decaying material is called a _____
DECOMPOSER
When living and nonliving things work together in a specific area, we say this is a ___________
ECOSYSTEM
Fossilized waste of dinosaurs is called _________
Coprolites
What are the two food chain questions you ask when putting together a food chain?
What does it eat? and What eats it?
How did most of the dinosaurs die?
The sun was blocked that killed the plants, that then killed the herbivores.
________ are vitamins found in the soil that are needed for plants to grow and develop healthy
NUTRIENTS
Organisms like plants that use the sun's energy to make their own food are called ________
PRODUCERS
The surroundings or conditions in which a person, plant, or animal lives is called an __________
ENVIRONMENT
How do plants get their food?
They use the sun's energy to make their own food
How does energy flow in a food web?
UP----From the FOOD source to what eats it
A worm's waste product that make the soil richer are called _______
CASTINGS
The study of ,matter that takes up space and reacts to changes in the environment is the science called _________
CHEMISTRY
Connecting food chains together where organisms can eat and be eaten by more than one species is called a _______________
FOOD WEB
How are plant roots different from mushroom roots?
Plant roots take in water and mushroom roots decompose other organisms
Why is too much algae bad for fish?
Too much algae blocks the sun from reaching the plants in the pond that fish might eat. Also, it changes the amount of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the pond.