Animals
Which kinds of animals are producers?
None
What is a food web?
An overlapping network of food chains
Which gas/chemical is mainly used by animals?
Oxygen
What do we call all living and nonliving things in our world?
Nature
Which gas/chemical is mainly used by plants?
Carbon dioxide
How many food chains can an animal be part of?
Many
What is the connection among all living things called?
The web of life
What is evaporation?
Sunlight or heat causes liquid water to turn to water vapor in the air
What is the study of the relationships of living things to their environment?
Ecology
What are 2 examples of types of producers?
Bushes, flowers, grasses, trees
Can an animal be both a primary consumer and a secondary consumer?
Yes (examples: birds, cats, dogs, fish, mice)
What are 2 examples of types of decomposers?
Bacteria, fungi, mushroom
What is the most common substance on the face of the earth?
Water
What is an ecosystem?
The complex level of organization within nature (with physical and biological environments)
What are used by plants to make essential proteins?
Chemicals
What is someone or something called that uses up or destroys things?
Consumers
What is the definition of a decomposer?
Tiny organisms that eat the dead remains of former living things
Where does the water cycle take place?
From oceans to air to earth and back to oceans
What are 2 examples of the balance of nature?
Plants give oxygen or create food that animals need; animals give CO2 that plants need
What are green plants called that are eaten by animals?
Producers
What do we call how food and energy move through an ecosystem?
A food chain
What do we call the movement of sulfur, phosphorus, nitrogen, and oxygen?
The chemical cycle
What is precipitation?
Dew, hail, rain, and snow
What is the carbon cycle?
Carbon dioxide and oxygen are produced and used
What is the balance of nature?
The system where plants and animals depend on each other