Plants
Hold the plant tightly in the ground and takes in water and nutrients from the soil.
The roots
What does Coprophilous mean?
Living in animal wastes
The variety of life in an ecosystem
Biodiversity
A change in the observable properties of matter.
Physical Change
1 rotation is equal to:
24 hours (day and night)
What two things do plants release?
Oxygen and Glucose
animal wastes and decaying plants and animals is known as what?
Organic Matter
An organism that gets energy from the Sun during photosynthesis
Producer
Matter can not be created nor destroyed, only ____.
Transformed
1 revolution is equal to:
365 days (1 year)
Where the plants food is made.
The leaves.
Fungi use ______ to reach out and absorb nutrients from animal waste and decaying organic matter.
Hyphae
Which food chain correctly shows a flow of energy in the Yellowstone National Park ecosystem?
Sun → grass → elk → berries
Gray wolf → bison → grass → sun
Sun → grass → elk → gray wolf
3
A decrease in volume of a substance while its mass remains the same
Contraction
The invisible line that the Earth rotates on
Axis
What two things does a plant take in?
carbon dioxide and water
Fungi release ____ into the soil.
Minerals
What is an animal that is hunted by a predator called?
Prey
Sugar particles will ______ in hot water than in cold water.
Dissolve more quickly
A sundial determines
The time of day (by using shadows as a measurement)
What are the 3 Essential Nutrients
Carbon, Oxygen and Hydrogen
Animal waste provides _____, ______, and minerals to fungi.
sugar and starches
Name one producer and one consumer
Slay
What are the 3 states of matter?
Solid, liquid, gas
If it is 9am in the United States, what time are fishermen in the Indian Ocean (exact opposite side of the US) experiencing?
9pm