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Finish the sentence
Plants come in ___________________
Plants come in all sizes, shapes and colors.
What is Photosynthesis?
Photosynthesis is a process in which plants make their own food.
What is Solar Energy?
Energy from the Sun
what is biomass?
Biomass is the measure of the amount of living things in an environment.
what is environment?
It is everything that surrounds a living thing
what is a herbivore?
Herbivores are animals that eat mainly plants
What is an animal that hunts another animal called? and what is the animal being hunted called?
Predator-the one hunting
Prey-the one being hunted
What are decomposers?
Tiny living things that break down organisms and return nutrients to the soil.
Why are plants important?
Plants are food/give energy to animals (animals cannot make their own food) & they provide oxygen for both animals and humans
What is the definition of food chain?
A food chain shows how energy passes from one organism to another as food.
What is the most dangerous plant?
Castor bean plant
What is the purpose of stems?
Stems hold the plant upright and move water and nutrients throughout the plant.
what is the purpose of leaves?
Leaves connect to the stem and collect light from the sun.
What is the purpose of roots?
Roots anchor the plant and they take in water and nutrients from the soil.
What is the difference between producers and consumers?
Producers make their own food and Consumers cannot.
What is a carnivore?
Animals that eat other animals
what is an omnivore? give an example of 2
an animal that eats both plants and animals
ex. racoons, pigs, dogs, chickens, wasps and flies
Name a plantlike producer you most likely would find in a pond
Algae
What is stomata and what purpose do they have?
Stomata are tiny holes under a plant's leaves, plants take in carbon dioxide through these tiny holes
what happens to the nutrients once decomposers break down an organism?
The nutrients return to the soil and are used in other plants.
There are about how many different kinds of plants?
400,000
During photosynthesis, plants take in sunlight, water and carbon dioxide. Plants use these things to make sugar which is the plant's food and energy and plants give off oxygen.
What kind of decomposers break down plants? and what kind break down rotting wood and other plant parts?
earthworms and fungi
What material helps plants take in sunlight? *It also gives plants their green color*
Chlorophyll
Explain a pond food chain
Start with algae, algae floats to the top of the water, which mayflies will eat and when the mayflies go near the water they'll be eaten by sunfish. Then the Sunfish will be eaten by the Blue Heron (type of bird), and when the Heron dies, then decomposers will break it down.