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100

seeds of fungi that produce more fungi are called____

SPORES

100

one celled organisms that can be both harmful and helpful are _________

BACTERIA

100

Chemicals added to the soil to increase richness is called _________

FERTILIZER

100

How is a worm helpful?

They leave castings behind to help make the soil richer and burrow to make room for plant roots to grow.

100

What characteristics make worms well suited to live underground?

they have slender, slimy bodies, they burrow, and they use the soil to help with digestion.

200

mushroom, mold, and mildew are in a group called ____

FUNGI

200

The period of time when the last know dinosaurs existed is the __________ period.

CRETACEOUS

200

Large populations of algae in the water that may discolor the water are called ________

ALGAE BLOOMS

200

What happens when you have organisms that eat or are eaten by more than one other organism?

You have a food web

200

What kind of air do plant's use and how do they get this air?

Carbon dioxide through their stomata

300

an organism that breaks down dead or decaying material is called a _____

DECOMPOSER

300

When living and nonliving things work together in a specific area, we say this is a ___________

ECOSYSTEM

300

Fossilized waste of dinosaurs is called _________

Coprolites

300

What are the two food chain questions you ask when putting together a food chain?

What does it eat? and What eats it?

300

How did most of the dinosaurs die?

The sun was blocked that killed the plants, that then killed the herbivores.

400

________ are vitamins found in the soil that are needed for plants to grow and develop healthy

NUTRIENTS

400

Organisms like plants that use the sun's energy to make their own food are called ________

PRODUCERS

400

The surroundings or conditions in which a person, plant, or animal lives is called an __________

ENVIRONMENT

400

How do plants get their food?

They use the sun's energy to make their own food

400

How does energy flow in a food web?

UP----From the FOOD source to what eats it

500

A worm's waste product that make the soil richer are called _______

CASTINGS

500

The study of ,matter that takes up space and reacts to changes in the environment is the science called _________

CHEMISTRY

500

Connecting food chains together where organisms can eat and be eaten by more than one species is called a _______________

FOOD WEB

500

How are plant roots different from mushroom roots?

Plant roots take in water and mushroom roots decompose other organisms

500

Why is too much algae bad for fish?

Too much algae blocks the sun from reaching the  plants in the pond that fish might eat.  Also, it changes the amount of carbon dioxide and oxygen in the pond.