Carbon Connections
What is the name of the largest known tree?
General Sherman
What does the soil hold on to?
Water
Plants require soil for photosynthesis.
True or false?
False
What does native mean?
Naturally belonging to a place
Which type of scientist studies ecosystems?
Ecologist
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What is one of the most common elements on Earth?
Carbon
What type of animal eats only animals?
Carnivores
What is the sugar in plants called?
Glucose
What is an invasion?
Take over
How do plants use sunlight?
To make food
How many water molecules are required to make one glucose?
6
Which structure allows gases into a plant?
Stoma
Where do plants perform photosynthesis?
In the leaf’s stoma
Why should boats and clothing be cleaned between activities?
To avoid transporting invasive species
What does it mean to digest?
Break down
Explain the process of the carbon cycle
Pick all that applies
Breathed in the Atmosphere
Enters the stoma of the plant
Photosynthesis takes place
Animals eat the plant
It becomes part of the animal’s muscles, bones, tissues
Decomposers eat the dead animal and releases the carbon of the dead animal back into the atmosphere
A plant gained 55 kg over three years. The soil lost 1 kg of weight during that time. The gardener fed the plant 24 kg of water. Where did the remainder of the weight come from?
Carbon and sunlight
OR
The air
How do plants help humans?
Exchange oxygen
What is one way starlings outcompete native birds?
They take holes that are needed for nest
Which organism eats both plants and animals?
Omnivores
How do humans help trees?
Breathe out carbon dioxide
What transports nutrients to the plant
Stem
What are 3 ingredients of photosynthesis?
Select
Water
Carbon dioxide
Sunlight
Where is kudzu a native species?
Asia
What is the process that plants use to make food?
Photosynthesis