Vocab
Photosynthesis
Cellular Respiration
Food Webs, Chains, and Pyramids
Picture This!
100
What is glucose?
Sugar or Food
100
True or False: Photosynthesis occurs only in plants.
True
100
What is ATP?
energy
100
___________ are consumers that create their own food using photosynthesis.
Herbivores
100
Which organism in this food chain is the producer?
Grass
200
What is the difference between a producer and consumer?
Producer: An organism that creates its own food
Consumer: An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms
200
Why do plants perform photosynthesis?
To make their own food
200
Why do cells perform cellular respiration?
To create energy for the cell
200
__________ organisms get their energy by eating both plants and animals.
Omnivore
200
Which organism is a carnivore?
Snake, Eagle
300
What is the difference between a reactant and a product?
Reactants are what go into the reaction (the left side of the chemical equation), and products are what come out of the reaction (the right side of the chemical equation)
300
Plants use ________ energy to start photosynthesis.
solar/light
300
Does cellular respiration occur in plants, animals, or both?
both
300
_____________ break down dead organisms and waste, recycling nutrients into the ecosystem.
Decomposers
300
Which level of the pyramid has the least energy?
The top
400
What are chlorophyll?
The green pigment inside chloroplasts that captures sunlight
400
In what part of the cell does photosynthesis occur?
The chloroplast
400
In what part of the cell does cellular respiration occur?
Mitochondria
400
What is the difference between a food web and a food chain?
A food chain shows the path of energy from one organism to another, whereas a food web shows how energy flows through many different organisms
400
What eats clams?
Fish and fungi
500
What is a trophic level?
A step in the food chain
500
What are the reactants and products of photosynthesis?
Reactants: Solar energy, carbon dioxide (CO2), water (H2O)
Products: Glucose and Oxygen
500
What are the reactants and products of cellular respiration?
Reactants: Oxygen, Glucose
Products: Carbon Dioxide (CO2), Water (H2O), ATP (energy)
500
As you go up each level of the Food Pyramid, the amount of energy (increases/decreases) by ___%.
decreases by 10%
500
What do fungi eat?
Deer, fruits, clams