Vocabulary
What are organisms that make their own food and release oxygen?
Producers
True or False: Plants eat soil.
False. Plants take in nutrients from the soil and air. They use the energy from the sun to make their own food.
Where do producers get their energy from?
The Sun
What are two kinds of decomposers?
Worms, mushrooms, bacteria, etc.
What is the process where carbon moves through food chains, from plants to animals, and eventually into the soil when plants and animals decompose?
The Carbon Cycle
What are organisms that cannot produce their own food and must eat other organisms (plants or animals) to obtain energy?
Consumers
Plants take in _________ from the air and release _________ back into the air.
Carbon dioxide; oxygen
True or False: The arrows in a food web represent the flow of energy between organisms.
True. For example, a squirrel eats acorns from an oak tree. So, we would draw an arrow from the oak tree to the squirrel.
Why are decomposers important for the food chain?
They break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients into the soil.
What are all the living and non-living things in a specific area called?
Ecosystem
Where does all of the energy in an ecosystem come from?
The Sun
What would happen if you covered the stomata of a plant?
It would die because it isn't getting air.
In an ecosystem, how are food webs and food chains different?
Food webs show the relationship between many different food chains in a single ecosystem.
The food in our mold experiment got smaller. What is happening to it?
It is being decomposed by the mold.
Carnivores, herbivores, and omnivores are all examples of what?
Consumers
What are vitamins and minerals needed for an organism to grow and be healthy called?
Nutrients
What is the main thing plants use to grow?
What are animals that hunt other animals to eat called?
Predators
Why do you have to clean a fish tank but not a pond?
A fish tank doesn't have decomposers to break down waste or plants to produce oxygen, so you need a filter and a bubbler.
Algae, trees, and grass are examples of what?
Producers
What are organisms that break down waste and dead material into nutrients for plants?
Decomposers
Why are decomposers important for plants?
They break down dead plants and animals, release carbon dioxide into the air, and release nutrients back into the soil.
Which pair of organisms needs to switch places in order for this food chain to be correct?
Grass -> Mouse -> Hawk -> Snake
Snake and Hawk
What does a robin eat in a food chain?
Worms, crickets, or other small bugs.
Would a carnivore go extinct without the sun?
Yes, because they get their energy from the sun. Even though carnivores do not produce their own food or eat plants, the organisms they do eat get their energy from plants, which get their energy from the sun.
EVERYTHING CAN BE TRACED BACK TO THE SUN!