Vocab
a living thing
Organism
What is the source of energy for all living things
the Sun
fill in the blank: matter cannot be ________ or _________
created, destroyed
The living parts of a planet
biosphere
What needs oxygen to live
animals - including humans
the process by which plants create their own food
Photosynthesis
what is another name for plants in a food chain
producers
What is the largest source of water on planet Earth?
the ocean
the air parts of a planet
atmosphere
Give an examples of an event that changed the human population
most wars, diseases, and natural disasters.
The number of organisms in a certain area
population
Why are animals called consumers?
Because animals eat or consume their food to get energy
What is it called when water falls from the air in the form of rain, sleet, snow, or hail
precipitation
the water parts of a planet
hydrosphere
Give an example of an event that changed a non-human population
meteors (dinosaurs), hunting (whales, dodos, tigers), forest fires, oil spills,
the non-living parts of an ecosystem such as air, rocks, and water
abiotic matter
What is the difference between a food chain and a food web
a food chain in a single line of organisms that eat each other, a food web shows all the food chains found in an ecosystem
Give an example of a matter cycle
carbon cycle, nitrogen cycle, water cycle, oxygen cycle, phosphorous cycle
the rocky parts of a planet
geosphere or lithosphere
What type of plant did we study by conducting an experiment?
alfalfa
Something that scientists change in an experiment
variable
Grab a whiteboard marker and on the board draw a food chain containing the following organisms: carrot, sun, fox, rabbit
sun -> carrot -> rabbit -> fox
give an example of the way carbon can enter the atmosphere
breathing, volcanic eruptions, smoke from fires,
the interaction between living parts of a biome and non-living parts of a biome
ecosystem
What is glucose
the sugar plants create as their food