This is the process
by which plants
produce sugar
using the sun’s
energy.
What is
“photosynthesis”?
This is the missing
part of a generic
food chain:
Sun Producer
??? Carnivores
What is
“herbivores”
This group of
organisms make up
the most energy in
an ecological
pyramid.
What are
“producers”?
Water,
Temperature,
Rocks, Sunlight are
all types of these
factors.
What are
“abiotic”?
The process of
photosynthesis
produces sugar
and this gas.
What is “oxygen”?
This is the
predator of
the deer.
What is “mountain
lion”?
The first organism
that eats a producer
is known as this
type of consumer.
What are “primary
consumers”?
Living things such as
coyotes, bears, cacti
and cottonwood trees
are all types of these
factors.
What are “biotic”?
All living organisms,
including plants,
need this liquid
compound to survive.
What is “water”?
The robin
has this
many
predators.
What is “2”?
These organisms
receive the smallest
amount of energy in
at the top of the
ecological pyramid.
What is the “top
(apex) predator”?
The variety of
living things in the
world or in a
particular location
is known as this.
What is
“biodiversity”?
These small mouth-
like openings on
leaves are
responsible for
transpiration.
What are
“stomata”?
All food chains/webs
end with these types
of organisms that
send nutrients back
into the environment.
What are
“decomposers”?
This is the name for
the levels in an
ecological pyramid.
What is a “trophic
level”?
Plants and animals
develop these and
become more diverse
in order to survive in
their environment.
What are
“adaptations”?
This is the name of
the sugar that plants
produce from
photosynthesis.
What is “glucose”?
Parasitism,
mutualism and this
are the 3 types of
symbiosis.
What is
“commensalism”?
These organisms
gain energy by
eating other living
things.
What is a
“consumer”?
Harsh, dry desert
climates have less
biodiversity than these
ecosystems, found
near the equator.
What are “Rain
Forests”?