Types of Organisms
An organism that makes energy through photosynthesis
What is a producer (or plant)?
The starting energy source for photosynthesis
What is the sun?
The type of rock MOST fossils are found in
What is sedimentary rock?
The driest, windiest biome on Earth
What is the desert?
Smaller than a biome, this word means all living and non-living things in one environment
What is an ecosystem?
An organism that eats both meat and plants
What is an omnivore?
Along with sunlight and water, plants take in this gas from the atmosphere
What is carbon dioxide (CO2)?
A dinosaur footprint is an example of this
What is a trace fossil?
The biome with the most diverse (different species) on Earth
What is the rainforest?
An animal with sharp teeth for chewing meat is probably this
An organism that eats other organisms for energy
What is a consumer?
This part of the plant absorbs water from the soil
What are the roots?
A diagram that shows where fossils are found and how old they are
What is a fossil record?
Cutting down large forests to make room for farms, homes, or industry
What is deforestation?
Otzi the Iceman is an example of a fossil formed in this way - a way that preserved his skin and organs
What is mummification?
An organism that chases and catches another organism in order to eat it
What is a predator?
The food (or sugar) made by plants during photosynthesis
What is glucose?
The process by which skeletons become fossils
What is mineralization?
A diagram that shows the flow of energy between many organisms in a biome
What is a food web?
An organism that is BOTH a producer and a consumer
What is a mixotroph?
An organism that breaks down dead producers and consumers for energy
What is a decomposer?
A gas produced during photosynthesis that animals and humans breathe
What is oxygen?
Scientists who study fossils
What are paleontologists?
When scientists try to help a biome recover from an environmental change
What is conservation?
Similar fossils are found on different continents, because the Earth used to have one supercontinent called this
What is Pangea?