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Plants and Sunlight
Food Chains
Food Webs
Microoranisms
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How do plants use energy from the Sun?
The plants use the Sun to make their own food for energy.
100
Why is a food chain important to an environment?
A food chain provides the living things in an environment with the energy they need to live.
100
How is a food web important to an environment?
organisms in a food web depend on each other for survival
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How are microorganisms both helpful and harmful?
some organisms cause disease and others can prevent disease
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What is photosynthesis?
Photosynthesis is the process by which a plant uses the Sun's energy to make its own food.
200
What is an omnivore?
an animal that eats both plants and animals
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What is competition?
a struggle of several organisms for the same resources
200
What is protist?
a protist is a type of microorganism and they can be helpful or harmful
300
What roles do the leaves and roots play in the growth of a plant?
Leaves collect sunlight for energy and roots collect water and soil for nutrients
300
List the order of organisms through with energy flows
Producers, consumers, decomposers
300
How is a food chain different from a food web?
a food web shows how several food chains are connected
300
How do microorganisms fit into a food chain?
Different microorganisms around found at all levels of the food chain. Microorganisms include producers, consumers, and decomposers.
400
What is makes up most of the biomass in an environment?
plants
400
Can a primary consumer eat a secondary consumer?
No, primary consumers eat only plants
400
Which member of a food web supports the most organism?
producers
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Which microorganism is the smallest? A. protist B. bacteria C. eugiena D. amoeba
bacteria
500
Plants use up all of the following to carry out photosynthesis except what?
oxygen gas
500
What type of organism makes its own food?
producers
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What is an energy pyramid?
a model that shows how much energy flows through a food web
500
Which microorganisms are decomposers?
Fungi, mold, bacteria