Plants
______ and ______ is where a plant primarily gets its materials from for growth.
Air and water
It makes its own food inside its body.
Producer
A system of overlapping food chains is a _________.
Food Web
What are the four major systems that make up the Earth?
Geosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Atmosphere
The water cycle ______ and ________ water.
This process allows plants to capture the sun's energy and make their own sugars.
Photosynthesis
It has a mouth or beak to consume other living things.
Consumer
Consumers get the energy they need by ___________________________________________.
eating other organisms in the ecosystem.
Geosphere is all the
ground, dirt, minerals, mountains, Earth's crust.
True or false: Changes in the water cycle can lead to major impacts on the environment?
True
Producers, such as plants, are the organisms that directly convert the sun's energy into usable chemical energy through the process of ______________.
Photosynthesis
Hunts and feeds on other living things.
Predator
If a producer is removed from an ecosystem, would it have any effect on it? What would happen?
Yes. There would be less food for the consumers, decomposers would have less material to break down and the overall energy flow the ecosystem would be disrupted.
Biosphere is all the
living things
It is NOT a process of the water cycle.
What do plants need to "photosynthesize"?
Sunlight, Carbon Dioxide, water/nutrients.
This thing is hunted by predators.
Prey
What is the source of energy found in the food that humans and animals eat?
Nutrients
What sphere is the most impacted by pollution?
Hydrosphere
Rocks can change from one type to another over time in a process called the _________.
Rock Cycle.
_____________ and ____________ are needed to produce glucose during photosynthesis.
Feeds on dead or decaying material and returns nutrients to the soil.
Decomposer
What is the ultimate source of energy?
The sun
Hydrosphere is all Earth's ______.
Water
_____ and _________ impact the water cycle by redistributing water and depleting groundwater supplies.
Dams and irrigation