Matter Matters
Is air matter?
Yes
What does ecosystem mean?
How the natural world (eco-) interacts and works together (system).
What is a consumer?
An organism that must eat food to survive.
What does a food web show us?
How parts of an ecosystem interact.
Name a bug that is commonly eaten by people.
Cricket, mealworm, grasshopper, etc.
Where do trees get the majority of their matter?
What type of organism breaks down waste matter like dead leaves?
Decomposers
What is a producer?
An organism that produces its own food.
What do the arrows in a food website depict?
The flow of matter/energy
What is the state tree of Minnesota?
Red Pine
What do living organisms use matter for?
What is an omnivore? Give an example.
A consumer that eats both plants and animals.
What is a carnivore? Give an example.
A consumer that eats other animals.
What happens to an ecosystem's food web if a species suddenly disappears?
Lots of things! Animals that rely on it for food may starve. Animals that rely on those animals may starve, and on and on.
What is it called when algae grows out of control?
Algae bloom
Can matter be created or destroyed?
No, it just takes a different form.
Give three examples of decomposers.
Fungus, mold, bacteria, worms, etc.
What is an herbivore? Give an example.
A consumer that eats only plants.
Besides soil, water, and air, where do plants get their energy? (Hint: it was part of your food web drawing project)
The Sun
What is the movement of matter within an ecosystem called?
Matter cycle
What are the two properties of matter we learned about?
1. It has weight.
2. It takes up space.
How do fungi and bacteria break down waste?
They release chemicals
What is the name of the natural substance that gives plants and animals color?
Pigment
What is the name of a predator organism that has no predators of its own?
Apex predator
What is the state soil of Minnesota?
Lester Soil