Parts of an Ecosystem
A living thing that produces its own food.
Producer
A diagram which shows how different food chains are connected in an ecosystem.
Food Web
Name one living thing that photosynthesizes.
Do we agree?
What does "photo" mean in Greek?
Light
A living thing that consumes other living things.
Consumer
True or False: Food Webs show only one path for energy to move through an ecosystem.
False, they show many different paths.
What gas does photosynthesis produce?
Oxygen
What is photosynthesis?
The process by which plants turn sunlight, water, and CO2 into energy.
A living organism that breaks down organic matter.
Decomposer
Where does energy come from in an ecosystem?
The photosynthesis of producers
What is the name of the sugar that photosynthesis produces?
Glucose
What is chlorophyll?
A green pigment responsible for absorbing light into plants' leaves.
A consumer that eats only plants.
Herbivore
What is the animal at the top of a food chain?
Top carnivore
The tiny holes underneath the leaves of a plant are called ________. This is how plants exchange gases, releasing oxygen and taking in carbon dioxide.
Stomata
What is another name for carbon dioxide?
CO2
A consumer that eats both plants and other animals.
Omnivore
What is a similarity between food webs and food chains?
They both show energy in an ecosystem moving toward a top consumer.
What does "synthesis" mean in Greek?
Put together, or make
What are the three things a plant needs to photosynthesize?
Carbon dioxide, sunlight, water