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What gas do plants need to make their own food through photosynthesis?
Carbon dioxide
In what part of the plant does the process of photosynthesis occur?
leaves
Name an animal that would eat a producer for energy?
Answers could vary. It must be a herbivore or omnivore such as rabbit, cow, human, etc....
The role of a lion in its ecosystem based on what it eats would be which of the following?
A. Herbivore B. Producer C. Consumer
D. Decomposer
C. Consumer
____________ break down decaying material in an ecosystem?
Decomposers
A ___________ shows the relationship among all species in an ecosystem?
Food Web
Energy and other materials from dead organisms are recycled back into the soil by ___________?
Decomposers
Plant cell structures called chloroplasts carry out?
Photosynthesis
What gas is a product of photosynthesis that animals need to breathe?
Oxygen
An animal at the top of an energy pyramid has the ___________ amount of energy transferred to it from the bottom.
Energy
A food chain models how __________ is transferred in an ecosystem.
energy
In photosynthesis, the Sun's energy is used to make?
Glucose
Give an example of an abiotic factor.
Answers will vary. It must be something that is not alive such as rock, air, water
All plants make their own food using energy from the _____________.
Sun
Organisms at the beginning of the food chain are called __________?
Producers
Give an example of a biotic factor?
Answers will vary. Should be something that is living such as an animal, plant, human
An animal whose niche is to hunt and kill its own food is called a _____________?
Predator
Organisms that are eaten by other animals are called ____________?
Prey
A ____________ shows how many organisms eat the same kind of food.
Food Web
What do the arrows in a food chain represent?
Flow of energy
What chemical found in plant cells is able to use the energy found in sunlight to make food?
Chlorophyll
An animal that eats both plants and animals is called a(n) ___________?
Omnivore
An animal at the top of the food web is call what? _______________________
Apex Predator
Humans breathe in _____________ and release _______________.
Oxygen, Carbon Dioxide
Can a primary consumer also be a secondary consumer? Explain
A bear is an example because it eats berries (primary consumer), It also hunts for fish (secondary consumer)