Eating a plant releases energy through the process of _________?
a. photosynthesis
b. growth
c. energy
d. cellular respiration
d. cellular respiration
Which is NOT a characteristic of life?
a. respond to stimuli
b. growth and change
c. walks and runs
d. uses/obtains energy
c. walks and runs
(See the Food Web) - Label the SECONDARY CONSUMERS
owl, lizard, rattlesnake
What is the ability to do work?
a. photosynthesis
b. energy
c. growth
d. repair
b. energy
What could be a result of overhunting in a region?
a. an increase in the amount of prey
b. extinction of certain species
c. a rise in the population of all animals
d. a balanced population
a. an increase in the amount of prey
Animals depend on energy from plants for __________ and growth.
a. body repair
b. water
c. sun
d. sugar
a. body repair
Energy is used by organisms to:
a. grow
b. move
c. body repair
d. all of the above
d. all of the above
(See the Food Web) - Label the PRIMARY CONSUMERS.
grasshopper, mouse
True or False? Cellular Respiration is the process of converting sunlight into energy in plants.
False - PHOTOSYNTHESIS is the process of converting sunlight into energy in plants.
Which sentence BEST explains the role of a decomposer?
a. Recycles dead materials back into an ecosystem.
b. Creates energy from the sun.
c. Breaks down larger living animals into smaller pieces.
d. Create oxygen for living creatures.
a. Recycles dead materials back into the ecosystem.
Energy from the sun is converted by pants and stored as ___________.
water or glucose?
GLUCOSE
The energy that is found in food was once...
a. energy from animals
b. energy from the sun
c. energy from electricity
d. energy from water
b. energy from the sun
Cactus, bush
Plants gather ____________ and water to make sugar in their leaves.
Carbon Dioxide or Oxygen?
Plants gather CARBON DIOXIDE and water to make sugar in their leaves.
Name two types of nutrients worms put back into the soil.
Nitrogen, Phosphorus
____________ and carbon dioxide are the products of cellular respiration that are also the materials that will start photosynthesis.
a. water
b. glucose
c. energy
d. nitrogen
a. water
Plants get the materials they need for growth chiefly from:
a. air and water
b. soil and water
c. water and oxygen
d. sunlight and oxygen
a. air and water
(See the Food Web) - Label the HERBIVORES
mouse, grasshopper
Animal __________ is fueled by consuming energy from other plants.
a. water
b. chloroplasts
c. growth
d. repair
c. growth - Animal GROWTH is fueled by consuming energy from other plants.
Name THREE examples of decomposers.
fungi (mushrooms), bacteria, worms, flies
A waste product of photosynthesis, ___________ is pumped into the atmosphere.
Oxygen or Carbon Dioxide?
OXYGEN
Which of the following are consumers?
- rabbit
-lion
-cactus
-rose bush
-human
rabbit, lion, human
(See the Food Web) - Label the CARNIVORES
lizard, owl, hawk, rattlesnake
True
(See the Food Web) -Which organism is the tertiary consumer in this food web?
hawk