Vocabulary
An environment that provides the things an organism needs to live, grow, and reproduce.
What is a habitat?
These organisms produce energy through the use of photosynthesis.
What are Producers?
Energy flow for an ecosystem starts with this.
What is the Sun?
Most of the water on Earth is found here.
What is the ocean?
These organisms are herbivores, therefore they are called ______________ consumers.
What is primary?
The process a producer goes through to create its own food for energy.
What is photosynthesis?
The water is heated and turns into water vapor.
What is evaporation?
These organisms are typically at the top of the food chain. They are called ____________ consumers.
What is tertiary?
(Temperature, light, air, water and soil) are needed for an organism's energy.
What are abiotic factors?
After condensation, the droplets of water in the clouds fall to Earth in different forms.
What is precipitation?
A (carnivore), not decomposer that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms.
What is a scavenger?
An organism that breaks down waste and dead organisms.
What is a decomposer?
Energy travels throughout overlapping food chains.
What is a food web?
The time when more evaporation occurs.
What is during the daytime?
A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy. Usually written on one line.
What is a food chain?
These are placed into the soil by decomposers to help form the bottom of the energy pyramid.
What are nutrients?
When water vapor is released by leaves on a plant.
What is transpiration?
A group of organisms that are physically similar and can mate with each other and produce offspring.
What is a species?