Vocabulary
Multiple connected food chains in an ecosystem
Food Web
Where does the energy for most life on earth originally come from?
The Sun
Corn
Producer
Organisms that can perform photosynthesis are known as______________ because they can produce energy from sunlight.
Producers
A process in which plants make energy from the sun
Photosynthesis
Organisms that eat plants to gain energy are known as ______________.
Primary Consumers or Herbivores
Rabbit
Primary Consumer
The sugar that is made during photosynthesis is called...
Glucose
A gas that is released during photosynthesis:
Oxygen
Organisms that eat both plants and animals to gain energy are known as _____________.
Omnivores
Apple Tree
Producer
What are the three key elements involved in photosynthesis?
Sunlight, Water, Carbon Dioxide
An animal that feeds on dead or decaying matter:
Scavenger
Food is also known as _________ ___________ when discussing energy.
Chemical Energy
Wa Chini
Consumer
A type of human activity that disrupts an ecosystem:
Deforestation or Disruption
The process of converting food into energy:
Metabolism
Draw a model below depicting how energy gets from the sun to you:
Draw it!
Fungi
Decomposer
Write a food chain with at least four organisms in it:
Show me those food chains!