Photosynthesis
Animals/Plants
Role in Ecosystems
Respiration
Ecosystem
100
Why is photosynthesis important?
It turns the sun's energy into food so other living organisms can consume that energy.
100
What is something that plants can do and animals cannot?
Produce their own food
100
What is an organism that obtains nutrients from dead organisms?
A decomposer.
100
How do respiration and photosynthesis relate to one another?
They are opposite each other.
100
What are 2 essential pieces to an ecosystem?
The Sun and Decomposers
200
What is Stage 1 of photosynthesis?
Capturing the Sun's Energy
200
What is the animals that hunts and the animal that is hunted called?
Hunts: Predator
Hunted: Prey
200
What provides energy to all living things?
The Sun
200
What do both types of respiration require?
Oxygen.
200
Temperature, light, air, water, soil, and climate are all parts of the __________.
Physical Environment
300
Name three things a plant NEEDS for photosynthesis.
Carbon dioxide, water and sunlight.
300
The chloroplasts contain green colored pigments called ________________.
Chlorophyll (this gives plants it's green color).
300
Food Chain & Food Web
300
What are the two types of respiration?
Breathing and Cellular Respiration.
300
In a food web, the dominoes branch or radiate out so that there can be many effects of one cause when certain dominoes fall. This is called the...
Domino Causality Effect
400
When we eat food from plants, we are eating the plants __________ _____________.
Stored Energy
400
Plants are sometimes called producers because they produce their own food. They can also be called _______________.
Autotrophs
400
Why isn't the full amount of energy that is consumed, passed onto the next animal in a food web?
The processes of life, such as growing, eating, hunting and even sleeping, require energy.
400
Cellular respiration happens at what time of the day for plants?
At NIGHT!
400
What is the vocabulary word for an organisms role in an ecosystem?
A Niche
500
What are the products of photosynthesis?
Oxygen and Glucose (sugar)
500
Name the four types of consumers AND an animal example for each type.
Herbivores (Deer, Rabbit, Insect)
Carnivores (Lion, Tiger, Shark)
Omnivores (Human, Bear, Pig)
Decomposers (Fungi, Bacteria, Mushroom)
500
Why do we need predators in an ecosystem?
Because without them, there would be too much prey.
500
What are the products of respiration?
Carbon dioxide and water.
500
As organisms decay, remaining energy becomes ___________ ___________ that is spread out into the environment.
Heat Energy