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Plants
Plants Part 2
Food Chains
Ecosystems
Food Webs
100
As a plant grows, it gains mass. What provides the most matter that the plant uses for growth?
What is gasses in the air
100
Plants need sunlight, carbon dioxide, and this liquid to perform photosynthesis
What is water
100
a plant is a __________ because it makes its own food
What is a producer
100
This organism eats only meat
What is a carnivore
100
These organisms break down dead organisms and their waste into simpler substances plants can use.
What is a decomposer
200
Most of the materials plants need comes from the ______.
What is air
200
The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide take place in this plant organ.
What are the leaves
200
This linked diagram shows the flow of energy as it passes from one organism to the next
What is a food chain
200
This organism eats only plants
What is a herbivore
200
If a food source is removed from a community, the population of the organisms that feed on that food source would ____________.
What is decrease
300
Some plants are grown in containers with nothing but water. This supports the idea that plants do NOT need _________.
What is soil
300
The process by which plants make their own food
What is photosynthesis
300
Energy transfer in an ecosystem starts with the ________, and moves to plants and then animals
What is sun
300
This organism eats both plants and animals
What is an omnivore
300
Living and nonliving things within an area and their interactions make up an ___________.
What is an ecosystem?
400
This provides the energy needed for photosynthesis
What is sunlight
400
Tiny openings on the underside of leaves are called
What is stomata
400
The energy animals get for growth and repair comes from this source
What is the food they eat
400
Ducks living in the same environment would be an example of a _____________.
What is a population
400
If a mountain lion eats a rabbit, the plants that the rabbit ate are indirectly providing ________ for the mountain lion.
What is energy
500
Plants must have this gas to perform photosynthesis
What is carbon dioxide
500
Carbon dioxide comes from ___________
What is animals
500
These organisms feed on other organisms or organic matter because they cannot make their own food.
What is a consumer
500
Populations of different types of organisms living together in an ecosystem make up a _______________.
What is a community
500
A human is not a producer, but an _________________.
What is an omnivore