Vocabulary
True or False... Only animals are considered to be Organisms
False - An Organism is defined as Any Living Thing
True or False... A Producer is an organism that makes it's own food.
True!
True or False... All Consumers are predators
False - Some Consumers eat only plants.
True or False... Carbon Dioxide is a waste product that comes from plants during Photosyntheisis.
False - Plants take in Carbos Dioxide, in order to make Photosynthesis possible.
Explain the definition of an Ecosystem.
An Ecosystem is all of the living and non living things in an area.
Which of these is a Primary Consumer?
a. Sheep
b. Shark
c. Chicken
The sheep is a Primary Consumer that eats mainly grass/plants.
True or False... Decomposers create their own food through the process of Photosynthesis.
False - Decomposers break down dead organisms, returning nutrients to the soil.
Photosynthesis needs energy to happen. This energy comes from the _________.
The sun provides the energy that is needed for Photosynthesis to occur.
Name 3 non living things that are found in an Ecosystem.
Air, Water, Sunlight, Soil, Sand, Rock, etc...
Which of these two is a producer, a fungi or an apple tree?
The apple tree is a Producer, a fungi is a Decomposer.
Without me, dead plants would pile up and nutrients would disappear, who am I?
I am a Decomposer.
I am a Decomposer that is so small, you need a microscope to see me. What am I?
I am a Bacteria.
Name the waste product that is created during Photosynthesis.
During the process of Photosynthesis, Oxygen is created as a waste product.
I eat other Consumers for energy, what am I?
I am a Secondary Consumer.
Without me, Consumers would not have energy to eat, what am I?
I am a Producer.
A rabbit is an example of a _______ Consumer.
A rabbit is an example of a Primary Consumer.
Explain how Gas is considered Matter, even if you cannot see it.
Gas is considered Matter because it takes up space, has weight, and spreads out to fill any container that it is in.
True or False... Decomposers return nutrients to the soil.
True. Decomposers recycle nutrients from dead or decaying matter back into the soil.
I am at the end of a simple food chain and I eat other animals, what am I?
I am a Tertiary Consumer (Apex Predator).
During the process of Photosynthesis, plants create _______, which helps them grow in size.
During Photosynthesis, plants produce sugar, which helps them grow.