A process in which plants use energy from sunlight to make food.
What is photosynthesis.
100
Rachel Carson noted that the birds were silent one spring due to the overuse of __________________.
What are pesticides.
100
________________ &_____________________ are two types of organsims that get their energy from the remains of once living things.
What are scavengers and decomposers.
200
A living thing that breaks down the remains of dead organisms.
What is a decomposer.
200
An animal that eats both plants and animals.
What is an omnivore.
200
An animals that hunts other animals for food.
What is a predator.
200
Raccoons, vultures, hyenas and some scrabs are _______________ because they are consumers that get their energy from eating the remains of once-living things.
What is a scavenger.
200
Scavengers are an important part of a food web because__________________.
What is scavengers consume nutrients that would otherwise be wasted.
300
A tiny living thing that can only be seen with a microscope.
What is a microorganism.
300
A plant-eating animal.
What is a herbivore.
300
The source of energy in most ecosystems. Energy flows from this to plants and then to animals.
What is the sun.
300
Fungus and Millipede are examples of _________________.
What are decomposers.
300
Is energy gained or lost as it moves it way through a food chain starting at the producer and working its way up to the top consumer, the carnivore.
What is lost.
400
The process of breaking down materials into a different form that can be used again.
What is recycling.
400
The path of food energy in an ecosystem as one living thing eats another.
What is a food chain.
400
Food chains show how food _____________ flows through an ecosystem.
What is energy.
400
Decomposers are __________________ while helping the log decay. (Hint: has something to do with the soil)
What is releasing nutrients back into the soil, which will help new plants grow.
400
A mammal with sharp claws and teeth, eyes that look forward to help them judge distances and have stomachs that contain large amounts of acid to help digest food are probably (carnivores or omnivores).
What is a carnivore.
500
An animal that feed on the remains or wastes of other animals.
What is a scavenger.
500
An animal that is hunted for food by a predator.
What is prey.
500
The place where you would be likely to find decomposers such as worms, insects, fungi, and bacteria?
What are dead animals, decaying logs, or a fallen tree.
500
Fungi help plants survive by __________________
What is growing on the plants' roots and spread out into the soil, where they absorb water and nutrients that the plant can use.
500
Dung beetles bury their dung balls to ________________.