Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Resources in Nature
Food Chains
Lagniappe
100
a living thing or once-living thing in the ecosystem
Biotic (factor)
100
a non-living thing in the ecosystem
Abiotic (factor)
100
use again and again
reuse
100
deer
100
If you are observing a food web, it is obvious what animals are eating. You can tell by looking at the arrow. The arrow should be pointing....
to the animal that is eating!!!
Daily Double: add or subtract TWICE to your amount.
200
an organism that cannot make its own food; gets energy by eating other organisms.
consumer
200
these organisms eat only plants; 1st level consumers
herbivore
200
to use less of; reduce waste
reduce
200
grass
200
Wolf
300
a model of energy transfer that can show how the food chains in a community are interconnected.
Food Web
300
an organism that eats meat or insects
carnivore
300
A natural resource that can be replenished by natural processes at least as quickly as it is used.
renewable resources
300
sun
300
4 examples of renewable resources
Trees water air plants
400
a model that shows how energy flows in an ecosystem through feeding relationships.
Food Chain
400
an organism that eats all foods ; the prefix means all
omnivore
400
Part of the environment that supplies material useful or necessary for the survival of living things.
natural resources
400
Grass, deer, wolf
400
manufacturing new products out of used products
recycle
500
break down dead organisms and organic waste. Ex: fungi (mushrooms) & bacteria
Decomposers
500
an organism that uses an outside energy source, such as the sun, and produces its own food.
producer
500
A natural resource that is being used up faster than it can be replaced by natural processes.
non-renewable resources
500
Arrows ALWAYS point to the organism that is...
eating!
500
Three examples of fossil fuels
Coal Oil Natural gas