Who eats who?
The definition of carnivore
An animal that eats only other animals
A food web depicts the cycle of _______ in an ecosystem.
Energy and matter
Define 'ecology'
the study of interactions in an ecosystem
How tall is the world's tallest tree?
A) 10 feet
B) 397 feet
C) 1.2 miles
D) 50 feet
B) 397 feet!
The definition of herbivore
An animal that only eats plants
Carbon dioxide
Define reproduction
When a living thing produces offspring
What's the smallest animal that exists?
A) Yeast
B) Algae
C) Small brown bat
A, Yeast!
The definition of food web
A model representing the interactions of producers, consumers, and decomposrrs in an ecosystem.
Plants exhale...
Oxygen
Define predation
When one animal eats another
A) 4 feet
B) 20 feet
C) 3.5 square miles
D) 500 feet
C! 3.5 square miles, underground
An organism that feeds on dead things to release nutrients back into the ecosystem
To release nutrients back into the ecosystem!
What are some things that organisms might have to compete over?
Food, water, mates, nutrients, habitat
How long does it take decomposers to break down plastic in a landfill?
A) 6 months
B) 10 years
C) 100,000 years
D) 1000 years
D, 1000 years
The definition of producer
A plant, or other such organism, which produces its own food.
When we lose weight, where does it go?
We exhale it as carbon dioxide!
Define symbiosis
When two organisms rely on one another to survive
What percentage of life on earth lives underwater?
A) 51%
B) 26%
C) 94%
C, 94%!