A. Ecological organization
B. Living or Nonliving
C. Energy pyramid
D. Food Webs
E.Random Facts
100
What do we call "1" species
individual
100
Living or nonliving?
Living
100
What is another word for producers?
plants
100
What do ALL food chains start with?
plant/producers
100
Animals need this. Another word for a home or house.
shelter
200
What do we call 2+ of the same species?
population
200
Living or nonliving?
nonliving
200
What can producers do that consumers can't?
make their own energy
200
What do arrows show?
the movement of energy or who eats who
200
How is a food chain different from a food web?
food chain is 1, but a food web is many food chains 2+
300
How is a community different from an ecosystem?
ecosystem includes "nonliving" things
300
All living things have this
cells
300
I eat both plants and animals. What am I called?
omnivore
300
How many carnivores in this food web?
6
300
Fire can grow, move, make more fire. Why is it nonliving?
doesn't have cells
400
There are 2 monkeys, 2 trees, 3 grass, and 5 lions. Which level of organization is this?
Community
400
Name 3 things all living things can do
grow, die, reproduce, move
400
I turn dead plants and animals into nutrients for the soil. What am I called?
decomposers
400
Make 1 food chain that uses 5 plants/animals
grass -> grasshopper ->frog -> snake -> hawk
400
What does "survive" mean? It was from our reading at the beginning of the unit
to stay alive
500
There are small fish, frogs, trees, lily pads, grass, ducks, sun, air, clouds, rocks. You can find this ecosystem in Minnesota. What is it called?
A pond
500
How do plants and animals help each other stay alive using air?
Plants need the carbon dioxide from animals and animals need the oxygen from plants.
500
A plant has 200 energy. A rabbit eats the plant. A fox eats the rabbit. How much energy did the fox get?
Only 10% of energy is transferred, so the rabbit gets 10% of 200 which is 20 energy when it ate the plant. The fox gets 10% of 20 energy which is 2 when it eats the rabbit.
500
Critical thinking*
What would happen to the frogs if all of the grasshoppers died? Would there be more or less of them? Explain Why?
There would be less because the grasshopper is the only food source for the frog. If they disappeared then the frogs would decrease and disappear too. Also affecting the owls and snakes that eat the frog.
500
What is the process called where plants take energy from the sun and produce food? English word please!
photosynthesis