Vocabulary
What are the parts directly before or after a word or sentence that influence its meaning called?
context
Name 3 living parts of a forest ecosystem.
Fox, squirrel, raccoon, other animals...
Trees, shrubs, grasses, vines, other plants...
What color is chlorophyll?
Green
A consumer that eats only plants is called a ________?
Herbivore
A _____ shows the flow of energy through a community.
Food chain
What do we call "All the living & nonliving things in an environment and how they interact"?
ecosystem
Name 3 nonliving parts of a forest ecosystem?
Soil, water, sunlight, rocks, air...
What is the main source of energy for producers??
The sun
What kind of consumer eats plants & other consumers?
Omnivore
What do we call an animal that hunts and kills other animals for food?
Give an example.
Predators
Ex. fox kills rabbit
lion kills zebra ETC.
A _________ is a place where a plant or animal lives?
Habitat
Give an example of an interaction between a living & nonliving part of an ecosystem.
Ex. A crab (living) digs down in the sand (nonliving) to hide from its prey.
Other answers...
The process by which plants change light energy from the sun & use it to make sugar is called _______________________?
Photosynthesis
Which of these creatures could be classified as a carnivore? Why?
Creature A--eats fruits, nuts & seeds
Creature B-- eats insects, fish eggs & small mammals Creature C --eats frogs , mice, berries, & fish
Creature B (It eats only meat)
What do we call the animals that predators hunt?
Give an example.
Prey
Ex. lamb killed by wolf
deer killed by bobcat, ETC.
What do we call the green substance found in plants that traps energy from the sun & gives plants their green color?
Chlorophyll
Give an example of an interaction between a living and another living part of an ecosystem?
An iguana (living) in a rainforest eats insects (living)
(Any predator/prey interaction or animal/plant interactions)
Tiny holes found (where?)______________ let air in & out of the plant.
on the bottom of the leaves
What do we call an animal that eats dead animals? Give an example.
Scavenger
Vulture, crow, hawk, opossum, etc.
What do we call all the food chains in a community?
Can a creature be a part of more than 1 food chain--if so, explain how?
Food web
Yes, a frog for example could be eaten by many creatures (snakes, raccoons, heron, etc.)it is prey to many, so it could be part of many chains.
(It is also predator to may insects.)
_______ is a gas found in the air (Hint: plants need it & we exhale it)
Carbon dioxide
Name three things that a habitat provides the creatures living there?
1. Food
2. Water
3. Shelter
Plants use (3 things): _____________, ____________, and ________________ to make sugar.
sunlight
water
carbon dioxide
Which of the following can be composted:
a. potato peels b. uneaten apples c. egg shells
d. plastic bottle e. uneaten bread f. coffee grounds
g. All of the above
Only a, b, c, e & f
(d. plastic should be recycled)
Can changes in the environment such as flooding, storms, fires, using pesticides, overfishing, deforestation or pollution affect a food web??Explain
All of them can destroy part of a food chain by killing organisms or damaging their habitats, etc. which in turn affects the whole food web & the creatures living there.