Ecosystem

Question 1

A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area

Answer 1

Population

Question 2

All the different species that live together in an area

Answer 2

Community

Question 3

all the living and nonliving things that interact in an area

Answer 3

Ecosystem

Question 4

An organism that can make its own food.

Answer 4

Producer

Question 5

An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

Answer 5

Consumer

Question 6

living parts of an ecosystem

Answer 6

biotic factors

Question 7

Nonliving components of environment.

Answer 7

abiotic factors

Question 8

producer that is plant-like

Answer 8

Algae

Question 9

Gas taken in and used during photosynthesis.

Answer 9

Carbon Dioxide

Question 10

Green pigment in plants that absorbs light energy used to carry out photosynthesis

Answer 10

Chlorophyll

Question 11

the process in which plants make their own food in their leaves

Answer 11

Photosynthesis

Question 12

the sugar that is produced by photosynthesis

Answer 12

Glucose

Question 13

a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment

Answer 13

a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment

Question 14

Gas that is released through photosynthesis for living things’ survival

Answer 14

Oxygen

Question 15

Carries useful materials like food and oxygen throughout the body

Answer 15

Circulation

Question 16

Breakdown of food substances into simpler forms that can be absorbed and used

Answer 16

Digestion

Question 17

Why do you think a rainforest ecosystem would have a much greater number and variety of plants and animals than the ecosystem at the top of the Grand Canyon?

Answer 17

Rainforest ecosystems have lots of nutrients and energy and a favorable climate whereas the Grand Canyon does not

Question 18

How does energy enter most ecosystems?

Answer 18

Energy enters most ecosystems through photosynthesis when producers capture light energy from the sun

Question 19

Photosynthesis produces sugar as ________ for the plant and _______ as a waste gas.

Answer 19

Glucose and oxygen

Question 20

_________ is needed to power photosynthesis.

Answer 20

sunlight

Question 21

In photosynthesis, the food that plants make is

Answer 21

sugar

Question 22

What captures the energy in the sun and makes plants green?

Answer 22

Chlorophyll

Question 23

What two things does food provide consumers?

Answer 23

Energy and nutrients

Question 24

Why do animals need building materials from food?

Answer 24

To grow larger to stay warm and to reproduce

Question 25

How is excess food stored in a bird’s body?

Answer 25

Most of what a birds eats is stored in its body as form of fat

Question 26

Explain three different ways most consumers produce wastes. Where do the wastes go after they are produced?

Answer 26

Consumers breathe out carbon dioxide as water when we digest food we produce waste and when an animal dies.

Question 27

________________ can be producers

Answer 27

Some bacteria

Question 28

What raw materials do plants need to make food?

Answer 28

water, sunlight and carbon dioxide

Question 29

Which of the following is an example of a plant’s food storage?
a. flower
b. pine cone
c. a turnip

Answer 29

c. a turnip

Question 30

_________ is a waste produced during photosynthesis.

Answer 30

Oxygen

Question 31

_________ are consumers.

Answer 31

All animals

Question 32

__________ is not a part of the digestive system.

Answer 32

Blood

Question 33

Food is broken down into simple materials as it

Answer 33

is chewed and mixed with digestive juices.

Question 34

Which of the following is a type of waste is created by consumers?

Answer 34

carbon dioxide