Vocabulary
All the organisms of the same kind that live together in a given area.
a) community
b) population
c) ecosystem
d) niche
b) population
Do producers or consumers go through photosynthesis?
producers
animals that are caught and eaten by predators
prey
In this scenario, the moose is the predator.
True or false.
false
Animals are _______________ that get the materials necessary for body growth and repair by eating other organisms.
The role that a plant or animal plays in its habitat.
a) community
b) population
c) ecosystem
d) niche
d) niche
How do plants absorb water?
roots
Which of the following is not a consumer?
a) sunflower
b) bee
c) ant
d) human
a) sunflower
Trees, lettuce, grass, chickens, and sunflowers are all producers
false
When an animal eats plants or eats other animals that eats plants, it is getting energy that originally came from the _________.
sun
A group of organisms that live in the same area and interact with one another.
community
What are the tiny leaves on pores called on leaves that allow oxygen and carbon dioxide to pass through?
stomata
A horse is eating grass. What is the original source of energy used to make the food this horse is eating?
Plants and animals are also affected by the nonliving things in their environment.
True, living things are affected by climate, water, soil, light, air, and nutrients.
The resources in an ecosystem are ____________, so the populations in an ecosystem compete to get the resources they need to survive.
limited
A community of organisms and the environment in which they live.
ecosystem
What are the 2 byproducts of photosynthesis?
oxygen and glucose
What 3 things do animals use energy for?
growth, repair, and motion
If an animal has a wide niche, it can survive in a wide variety of ecosystems and eat many types of food.
True
Animals that have a ______________ niche can only live in very specific places and eat one or two kinds of food.
narrow
All of the living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism.
environment
What are the 3 things that plants need for photosynthesis?
What happens to materials that are taken in by the body, but not use?
They are released into the environment as waste.
If there are not enough resources in an ecosystem, more resources will be produced to meet the demands of the living things.
A foal (baby horse) needs _______, ______, and _______, to grow into an adult horse.
air, water, food, nutrients (pick 3)