Ecosystems
An organism that eats meat
What is a Carnivore
An organism that uses sunlight to create its food
What is a producer
Animals that are cold blooded, lay eggs and have scales.
What are reptiles?
What does geological evolution mean?
The gradual (slow) changing of the Earth.
What year was the first iphone released?
2007
Animals that only eat plants
What are herbivores?
Plants use this process to turn light into chemical energy
What is photosynthesis?
All of the populations of organisms within an ecosystem.
What is community?
What is the name of the giant slabs of rock that float on the mantel and are moving very slowly.
Tectonic Plates.
What element does the chemical symbol Au stand for?
Gold
Organisms that eat both plants and animals
What is an omnivore?
A type of organism that feeds on dead and decaying animals
What are Decomposers?
The number of organisms of the same species living in an ecosystem.
What is population?
How fast to tectonic plates move?
A similar speed to how fast your toenails grow.
*1.5 cm/year approximately
What is the world record for how many days a person has been asleep without waking up?
8
An organism that must get nutrients by eating animals or plants.
What is a consumer?
bacteria, fungi, worms, ants, beetles, sow bugs
What are some examples of decomposers?
An area that is suitable for a particular organism to live in is called....
What is a habitat?
What can happen as a result of the movement of tectonic plates?
Natural disasters: Earthquakes, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions, landslides, mid-ocean ridges.
What is the name for deer meat, if you saw it on a menu?
Ex: Cow is beef
Venison
The living and nonliving things and the ways they interact in an environment.
What is an ecosystem?
The 3 things plants need for photosynthesis
What are water, carbon dioxide and Sun?
Animals that are cold blooded, live in water and on land, have moist, smooth, skin and they lay eggs.
What is an amphibian?
Describe or demonstrate each of the 3 movements of tectonic plates: Convergent, divergent and transform.
Convergent: towards each other
Divergent: away from each other
Transform: side to side, across each other.
On average, Americans do this 22 times per day.
Open the fridge.