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All about Ecosystems
Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers
Decomposition
Food Chains and Food Webs
Miscellaneous
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What is an ecosystem?
An ecosystem includes all of the living things in a given area, interacting with each other, and also with their non-living environments.
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What are producers?
Producers are plants that get their energy from the sun.
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What is decomposition?
Decomposition is the process where decomposers turn dead plants or animals into useful parts of the soil. 100 bonus points if you used the word nutrients.
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What is a food chain?
A food chain tells where plants and animals get their energy from.
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What are Bethune School's colors?
Red, Black, and White
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What are two living things that you could find in an ecosystem?
Plants and animals
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A hawk is an example of a ________? (producer, consumer, decomposer)
A hawk is a consumer because it can not make it's own food.
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What is the second stage of the decomposition cycle?
A decomposer eats a dead plant or animal.
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What are primary consumers and what is one example of a primary consumer?
A primary consumer is an animal that eats producers. Example: Caterpillar
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What are the three different types of matter?
Solids, Liquids, and Gases
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What are two non-living things that you could "see" in an ecosystem?
weather, earth, sun, soil, climate, and atmosphere (answers may vary)
300
What is the name of a plant or animal that eats the waste of animals or dead animals?
A decomposer
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What is the final stage of the decomposition process?
New plants and animals use the nutrients, released by decomposers, to grow and survive.
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What is a secondary consumer and what is an example of a secondary consumer?
A secondary consumer is an animal that eats both animals (usually herbivores) and plants. Secondary consumers are the animals that appear 2nd in food chains.
300
What are the two things that you need to have a water balloon fight?
Water and water balloons
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What is energy and what does energy have to do with ecosystems?
Energy is the ability to do work and all living organisms in an ecosystem need energy to survive.
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What is the name of the part of the plant that allows them to get energy from the sun? (begins with a C, spelling doesn't count)
Chlorophyll
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Where do decomposers get there energy from? A. Producers B. Herbivores C. Carnivores D. Predators E. All of the above
E. All of the above
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What are tertiary consumers and what is an example of a tertiary consumer in an ecosystem?
Tertiary consumers are carnivores that appear third in the food chain. These animals are typically predators (hunters).
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What is one thing that you could find on a physical map?
Mountain Ranges, Rivers, Oceans, Lakes, Plateaus, etc
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What is the most important part of an ecosystem? Explain when sharing
Varied answers
500
List three examples of producers, consumers, and decomposers.
Producers: Grass, Flowers, Vegetable plants Consumers: Cats, Hawks, Mice Decomposers: Beetles, Mushroom, Worms
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What is one reason why decomposition is so important to a healthy ecosystem?
1. So there are not dead animals or plants lying around. 2. So there is nutrients for new plants and animals. 3. EVERYTHING WILL STARVE!!!
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How are food chains and food webs similar?
A food web shows many food chains. By looking at a food web, you can see multiple food chains in an ecosystem.
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What is the longest river in the United States?
Mississippi River