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Chains & Webs
Energy
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Vocabulary
100
What gas does photosynthesis produce?
oxygen
100
Provide an example of who would consume plants
Answers may vary..example: giraffe, mouse, rabbit, ect.
100
Explain how leaves falling from trees take part in passing of energy.
The leaves are broken down by decomposers and the energy is put back into the ground as nutrients.
100
An animal that eats producers is known as what?
consumer
100
The process of a plant making it's own food is known as what?
photosynthesis
200
What is the food created by photosynthesis?
sugar
200
Which animal does not fit in with the following food web: bear, rabbit, fox, grass, raccoon, tiger, berries
tiger
200
Where do plants get their energy from?
The sun
200
What type of animal eats only plants?
Herbivore
200
Grass-insect-bird-hawk is an example of what?
food chain
300
What is the first step in photosynthesis?
Chlorophyll absorbs sunlight and uses it as energy to make the process of photosynthesis to begin.
300
True or False: a puddle can contain an ecosystem.
TRUE!
300
Omnivores obtain energy from what two sources?
Plants & Animals
300
Which of the following is not a consumer? a)caribou b)mouse c)owl d)reindeer moss
D, reindeer moss
300
What is chloroplast?
The cell in a plant that contains the green pigment known as chlorophyll.
400
What is the process in which stomata release water from a leaf?
transpiration
400
Draw a food chain that has: decomposer, producer, first level consumer, second level consumer.
Answers will vary
400
What is the source of all food energy on Earth?
producers
400
To which group do herbivores pass their energy?
second-level consumers
400
Nutrients are returned to the soil by..
Decomposers
500
Which of the following components of a plant is needed in the process of photosynthesis? a)soil b)stems c)warmth d)water
D, Water
500
What is the name of the Earth's ecosystem?
biosphere
500
What percent of energy is passed from each level of an energy pyramid?
10 percent
500
Classify the animals in the following food chain: hawk --> snake -->mouse-->grains--> bacteria
tertiary consumer (hawk), secondary consumer (snake), first level consumer (mouse), producer (grains), decomposer (bacteria)
500
The fact that each level of a food chain passes on less food energy than the level before is is shown in a(n) ___________.
Energy pyramid