Grab Bag!
Vocab
Photosynthesis
Energy Flow
Whats Next!?
100
What is Ms. Minichiellos favorite outdoor activity?
Fishing!
100
A diagram that shows multiple paths energy can take through an ecosystem
Food Web
100
Where do plants get the energy they need for photosythesis?
From the Sun!
100
Why do rabbits have to eat grass?
To gain energy!
100
What is one thing animals compete for?
Food, water, resources, land, mates...
(Ms. Mini will judge)
200
BESIDES consuming dead organisms, what do decomposers do in an ecosystem?
Return or recycle energy back to the soil/plants
200
An animal that eats ONLY other animals
A Carnivore
(BONUS: A secondary consumer)
200
What are the PRODUCTS of photosynthesis?
Oxygen and Glucose
200
Why was Bistuit the apex predator on the alien planet?
Because nothing ate him!
200
TRUE or FALSE: Predators are harmful to an ecosystem
FALSE! Without predators an ecosystem could collapse.
300
What did we do on the firsy day of science class?
SAVED FRED!
300
Carbon dioxide and water are the _____________ for photosynthesis
Reactants
300
What gas were the bubbles coming out of the aquatic plant? 
OXYGEN!
300
TRUE or FALSE: all food webs start and end with the sun's energy
FALSE! They all start with the sun and never end!
300
Why cant two elephants be in a symbiotic relationship?
Because they are the same species
400
What is this molecule?
C6H12O6
Glucose
400
All of the NON-LIVING parts of an ecosystem
Abiotic facotrs
400
What is one way to increase the rate of photosynthesis?
Put the plant in more direct (stronger/brighter) sunlight, move the plant closer to the light
(Ms. Mini will judge)
400
How does energy first enter an ecosystem?
From PLANTS taking in the suns energy during photosynthesis!
From the producers!
400
What is an invasive species?
A plant or animal that outcompetes native species for resources
500
What state did Ms. Minichiello grow up in?
Connecticut
500
The scientific name for an animal that "eats third"
Tertiary Consumer
500
Where in a plant cell does photosynthesis take place?
Chloroplasts
500
What happens to energy as you move up a food web or trophic pyramid?
It DECREASES or is lost as waste or heat
500
Ms. Minichiello wants EVIDENCE from this graph! What should you include in your response?
NUMBERS or DATA!