Energy in Plants
This is the part of plants that take in water and nutrients
Roots
Food is energy for organisms to survive, grow, and recover.
Organisms are affected by nonliving things. Provide examples of nonliving things in the environment.
Rocks, weather, water, soil, light, air, nutrients, etc.
A living thing (like humans, animals, plants, fungi, bacteria)
Organism
Define matter
Anything that takes up space and mass
These are what plants NEED for photosynthesis
The sun, water, and carbon dioxide.
The source of most energy for organisms comes from...
The sun
An animal that is caught and eaten by another animal
Prey
The place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive
Habitat
Define energy
The ability to do work or cause change
These are what plants PRODUCE from photosynthesis
Oxygen and food (sugar)
An organism that produces their own food
Producers (like plants)
An animal that hunts, catches, and eats other animals
Predator
The role that a plant or animal plays in its habitat.
Niche
Animals that strictly eat plants
Herbivore
The holes in leaves where plants transform carbon dioxide to oxygen
Stomata
An organism that eats other organisms to survive
True or false: Resources are limited for organisms
True
All the organisms of the same kind that live together in a given area
Population
Animals that strictly eat meat
Carnivore
Define photosynthesis
The process by which plants use sunlight to produce their own food
Any broken down food that animals and people eat that is not used are released as...
Waste
Everything (living and nonliving) that surround and affect an organism.
Environment
A group of organisms that live in the same area and interact with one another.
Community
Animals that eat a combination of plants and meat
Omnivore