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Ecosystem
Plants
Food web
Grab Bag
Energy
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What is an ecosystem?

Living and nonliving things in an environment with a specific climate
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What are the 3 essential things all plants need?

Air, water, and sunlight

100

What does the food web show?

The foodweb shows how animals get energy in an ecosystem.

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The third consumer in a food chain

Tertiary 

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How do plants get their energy to start photosynthesis?

Plants get energy from the sun

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T/F: A tree that has been struck down by lighting is an example of an ecosystem

True

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T/F: Plants don't need soil to survive

True, soil helps add nutrients to plants, but they can survive without it.
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How do animals grow?

Animals grow by gaining matter.

200

A dry biome that receives very little rain. (less than 10 inches a year)


Desert

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Which organism in a food web is considered a producer?

A green plant making its own food

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What is in every ecosystem?

Living and nonliving things: plants, animals, dirt, soil
300

List 2 decomposers in an ecosystem

Earthworms, mushrooms, or planktons

300

What happens to the food animals eat?

Animals use thier food to move and grow

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Can soil be different in different places? Explain an example.

Yes, for example soil in the desert is dry and has less nutrients than in a healthy rain forest.
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What happens to energy as it moves through a food web?

It transfers from one organism to the next

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Explain why decomposers are important in an ecosystem.

Decomposers are important to an ecosystem because they help add nutrients in to the soil

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Which plant would grow more:

1. A plant that has been in a dark room, but has water, carbon dioxide, and soil.

2. A plant that has been in the backyard and gets air, water, and carbon dioxide 

Plant 2

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What does every food web need to thrive?

Plants
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They break down dead organisms into nutrients


Decomposers

400

What is the difference between a producer and consumer? How do they each get energy?

A produces makes its own food (like a plant) and a consumer gets its energy from other organisms (by eating plants and animals).

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What is an organism?

Any living thing

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Explain photosynthesis.

Photosynthesis is the process plants use to make their own food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide. They turn these ingredients into sugar for energy and release oxygen into the air.

500

Explain produces and consumers in an ecosystem

Producers are living things, like plants and algae, that make their own food using sunlight through photosynthesis. 

Consumers are animals that cannot make their own food, so they eat plants or other animals to get energy. T

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A consumer that only eats plants

Herbivore

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What is an example of a consumer in a food web?

Any animal (humans, mouse, snake, rabbit)