Producers, Consumers and Decomposers
An organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms and gives off carbon dioxide
What is a decomposer
A living thing that can't make it's own food
What is a consumer
The force that holds objects on Earth
What is gravity
Only eats meat
What is a Carnivore
A mix of animal waste and dead plant/animal material
What is pond muck
An organism that thrives in moist places, are green, and live by photosynthesis called
What is Algae
Th easiest type of compost to create
What is an open pile
Where the moon gets it light
What is: from the sun
The source of all energy for our planet
What is the sun
Microscopic plant life
What is: Phytoplankton
Mushrooms, bacteria, fungi
What are decomposers
The process used by plants and other organisms to convert light energy into chemical energy that, through cellular respiration,
What is photosynthesis
One year around the sun
What is revolution
The animal that is hunted
What is prey
Tiny, single-celled organisms that can only be seen with a microscope
What is: Bacteria
Hawks, pigeons, catfish, snakes
What are consumers
Food that is made in leaves
What is glucose
Revolves around Earth
What is the moon
Worm droppings
What is castings
The relationship between grasshoppers and birds in an ecosystem
What is birds eat grasshoppers as food
The area where living and nonliving things interact with each other
What is: ecosystem
The gas that plants release
What is Oxygen
Distance from the moon to Earth
What is 238,900
What is needed to start every food chain
What is a producer
4 ingredients of photosynthesis
What is: carbon dioxide, water, light energy, oxygen