Vocab 1
What is an example of a producer?
plants
The main source of energy for organisms in a food chain
sunlight
What are physical characteristics of an environment?
Temperature, about of rainfall, the kind of soil
How do animals get nitrogen?
They eat plants or other animals that eat plants.
How do plants get energy?
Through photosynthesis
The different paths that energy follows as it moves through an environment
food web
All living and nonliving things that interact in an area
ecosystem
What do plants need to grow?
sunlight, water and air
What is the main function of the roots in a plant?
Roots take in water for the process of photosynthesis.
How do animals get energy to get bigger over time?
Food provides these animals with materials to grow.
The pigment that captures the energy of the sun.
Chlorophyll
The method of growing plants in water
Hydroponics
What does a plant make in the process of photosynthesis?
Sugar (glucose)
Plants take in nitrogen from the soil.
Animals get the nitrogen by eating plants.
When organisms die, decomposers return nitrogen to the soil.
What are potential problems when growing crops?
All the living and nonliving things that interact with each other in an area
ecosystem
a path by which energy flows from one living thing to another
food chain
Do animals depend on energy from the sun for food?
Yes! Animals eat plants or they eat animals that can eat plants.
How are plants and animals different?
Plants are able to make their own food, animals cannot.
What part of the plant captures sunlight for photosynthesis?
The leaves
What is the role of a decomposer?
Break down dead organisms or the wastes of living things
What is the role of fungi and bacteria?
They are decomposers
What is an invasive species?
an organism that does NOT belong in a certain place and harms the environment. Ex: lanternflies
How to animals and plants produce and take in carbon dioxide and oxygen?
Animals breathe in oxygen and give off carbon dioxide.
What can an orchid do to get more sunlight?
Grow on other plants to adapt to their environment