VOCABULARY
a community of organisms together with its environment
What is an ecosystem?
Everything is made of __________. _________is made of molecules.
What is matter?
the process of returning something to its original condition by fixing or repairing it
What is restoration?
Energy in an ecosystem can always be traced back to the_______
What is the sun?
the use of evidence to say why one idea is the best
What is an argument?
a living thing, such as a plant or an animal
What is an organism?
Food molecules in an ecosystem can always be traced back to ___________.
What is plants or sunlights?
How are some ways humans can restore damaged environments?
What is plant trees, recycle, take care of the earth ?
Plants use water molecules, carbon dioxide molecules from the air, and energy from the sun to make ___________.
What is food?
a proposed answer to a question
What is claim?
all the living and nonliving things in an area
What is an environment?
Animals grow by changing______________into body molecules that can build their bodies.
What are food molecules?
Why aren’t the cecropia trees growing and thriving?
What is they do not have the resources to grow and thrive, their environment is being destroyed?
Plants grow by changing ________________into body molecules that can build their bodies.
What is food molecules?
information that supports an answer to a question
What is evidence?
a scientist who studies ecosystems
What is an ecologist?
Animals use some food molecules to release ____________ for movement and growth.
What is energy?
What would happen if one animal/plant disappeared from the food chain?
What is the food web being disrupted?
Animals and plants grow by changing food molecules into body molecules that can build their _______-
something scientists make to answer questions about the real world
What is model?
a diagram that shows what eats what in an ecosystem
What is a food web?
Every organism in an ecosystem- a rabbit, a fox,an ant, tiny bacteria, and even the grass- gets its energy from ____________
What is food matter?
Why aren’t the jaguars and sloths growing and thriving?
What is because their environment/habitat is being destroyed?
It may seem strange to think of grass and other plants needing food. After all, plants can’t eat. Plants get “plant food” called _______ to help them grow. Plants make their own food, but even then they need matter.
What is nutrients?
a group of atoms joined together in a particular way
What is molecule?