Vocabulary
Food Chains
Plants
Extras
The Mangrove Tree
100

the term meaning not having enough of one or more nutrients

What is nutrient deficient?

100

diagram showing the feeding interactions in an ecosystem.

What is a food web?

100

the two sources of matter plants need for new plant growth.

What are air and water or water and air?

100

this is the consumer that doesn't get eaten by anything else.

What is a top consumer?


Bonus: What is an apex predator?

100

The ____________ took care of the seedlings?

Who are the women?

200

the process plants use to make food

What is photosynthesis?

200

The role of a producer in an ecosystem.

What is to make food?

200
these are the products of photosynthesis.

What are oxygen and glucose?

200

this is the third consumer in a food chain.

What is a tertiary consumer?

200

The ____________ eat the mangrove leaves.

What are the sheep and goat?

300

the term meaning to have enough nutrients

What is nutrient sufficient?

300

The role of a consumer in an ecosystem.

What is to eat producers and/or consumers?

300

this is where plants get energy to make their own food.

What is the sun?

300

this is the second consumer in an ecosystem.

What is a secondary consumer?

300

Name three ocean animals that use the mangrove tree for protection.

What are the:

crab       oyster     shrimp     small fish       large fish

400
the term for when there is more nutrients than needed

What is surplus?

400

The role of a decomposer in an ecosystem.

What is break down dead matter?

400

these are things that can help plants be healthier, but they can grow without them.

What are nutrients?

400

these organisms are highly present in soil, but not in sand.

What are decomposers?
400

____________ is the top consumer in the mangrove ecosystem.

What is the human?

500

all living and non living things in a given area

What is an ecosystem?

500

This is the first consumer in a food chain.

What is primary consumer?

500

this is where plants get nutrients from.

What is the soil?

500

this is when matter moves from one organism to another in an ecosystem.

What is matter transfer?

500

This is the scientist that grew the seedlings to give to the women to take care of.

Who is Gordon?