Plants
What role do roots play in making food for a plant?
take in water
A deer senses danger and runs away. How is food helping the deer run away?
Food is providing the deer with energy for ____.
motion
How do plants get energy?
through a process called photosynthesis
What is the original source of energy for organisms in a food chain?
What do decomposers do?
break down dead organisms
What are the three main things that plants need to grow?
sunlight, water, air
Over time a young hummingbird becomes an adult. Which process describes how the robin gets larger?
Food provides the hummingbird with _________.
materials for growth
Identify the pigment that captures the energy of sunlight.
chlorophyll
What is a food chain?
path by which energy flows from one living thing to another
a path in what an animal eats
Name one physical characteristic of an environment?
rock
soil
temperature
wind
rainfall
Samantha is growing an avocado in a water solution that includes dissolved nutrients. What is the name of this method of growing plants?
hydroponics
If you have many prairie dogs that are in the same area what is this called?
a population
What part of the plant is mainly responsible for capturing sunlight and carrying out photosynthesis?
leaves
Brad states that animals do not depend on energy from the sun for food. Do you agree or disagree?
Disagree - animals either eat plants or other animals that eat plants
What is an ecosystem?
all the living and nonliving things in an area.
How do plants and animals differ in getting the food they need to survive?
plants make their own food, animals eat plants or other animals
Mike falls down and scrapes his elbow. In a week, his skin is healed. Which of the following describes this use of food?
Food provides Mike's body with __________.
materials for repair
What is a product of photosynthesis that plants use?
sugar
What does a food web show?
many food chains altogether
Name one plant and one animal that are examples of invasive species.
kudzu, red imported fire ants
asian carp
northern snakehead
emerald ash borer
How do plants and animals interact in the carbon dioxide-oxygen cycle?
Plants take in carbon dioxide and give off oxygen. Animals breathe in oxygen and breathe out carbon dioxide.
Describe the nitrogen cycle.
Plants _________________________.
Animals _______________________.
Decomposers __________________.
Plants take in nitrogen from the soil. Animals get nitrogen from eating plants. Decomposers return nitrogen to the soil.
Plants use the products made during photosynthesis to carry out their basic functions. Where does the energy to make these products come from?
sunlight
Give an accurate food chain. Involving 4 parts.
sunlight, red cocoa fruit, spider monkey, jaguar
Describe invasive species.
an organism that does not belong in a certain place and harms the environment