Vocabulary 1
A green, food-producing molecule.
Chlorophyll
A meat eating consumer
Carnivore
Plants make their own food through a process called ___________________________________.
Photosynthesis
What do the arrows represent in a food web/food chain
The flow of energy
–Chlorophyll is found in structures within a plant’s cell called _______________.
Chloroplasts
Consumers that eat BOTH plants and animals
Omnivore
When plants and animals die, the organisms that eat them for food are called _____________.
Scavengers
What 2 things does the process of photosynthesis produce?
Oxygen and Glucose (Sugar)
Organisms that make their own food
Producers
Carnivores and omnivores that hunt and eat other animals are called
Predators
This shows how food chains overlap (Multiple food chains). It shows what eats what. _______________________
Food Web
What 3 things are NEEDED for photosynthesis to occur?
Water, Sunlight, Carbon Dioxide
Organisms that CANNOT make their own food.
Consumers
The animals that predators hunt are called _______
Prey
A single path that shows how food energy moves from one organism to the next is called _________________________________________
Food Chain
What is at the BOTTOM level of an energy pyramid?
Producers
Complete the process of photosynthesis:
_____________ + _____________
----------> _____________ =
_____________ + ____________
Co2 + Water -----> (Sunlight) = Glucose + Oxygen
An organism that eats only PRODUCERS
Herbivore
Organisms that break down, or decompose, wastes and the remains of dead organisms.
Decomposers
A diagram that shows that energy is lost (10%) at each level in a food chain is called a(n) ______________________________
21. Energy flows from:
_____________ to _____________ to _________
Sun, Producers (Plants), Organisms (Animals)
What is the chemical equation of photosynthesis?
6Co2 + 6H2O -----> C6H12O6 + 6O2