Ecosystem Flashcards
A group of individuals that belong to the same species and live in the same area
Population
All the different species that live together in an area
Community
all the living and nonliving things that interact in an area
Ecosystem
An organism that can make its own food.
Producer
An organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms
Consumer
living parts of an ecosystem
biotic factors
Nonliving components of environment.
abiotic factors
producer that is plant-like
Algae
Gas taken in and used during photosynthesis.
Carbon Dioxide
Green pigment in plants that absorbs light energy used to carry out photosynthesis
Chlorophyll
the process in which plants make their own food in their leaves
Photosynthesis
the sugar that is produced by photosynthesis
Glucose
a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment
a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment
Gas that is released through photosynthesis for living things’ survival
Oxygen
Carries useful materials like food and oxygen throughout the body
Circulation
Breakdown of food substances into simpler forms that can be absorbed and used
Digestion
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?
Rainforest ecosystems have lots of nutrients and energy and a favorable climate whereas the Grand Canyon does not
How does energy enter most ecosystems?
Energy enters most ecosystems through photosynthesis when producers capture light energy from the sun
Photosynthesis produces sugar as ________ for the plant and _______ as a waste gas.
Glucose and oxygen
_________ is needed to power photosynthesis.
sunlight
In photosynthesis, the food that plants make is
sugar
What captures the energy in the sun and makes plants green?
Chlorophyll
What two things does food provide consumers?
Energy and nutrients
Why do animals need building materials from food?
To grow larger to stay warm and to reproduce
How is excess food stored in a bird’s body?
Most of what a birds eats is stored in its body as form of fat
Explain three different ways most consumers produce wastes. Where do the wastes go after they are produced?
Consumers breathe out carbon dioxide as water when we digest food we produce waste and when an animal dies.
________________ can be producers
Some bacteria
What raw materials do plants need to make food?
water, sunlight and carbon dioxide
Which of the following is an example of a plant’s food storage?
a. flower
b. pine cone
c. a turnip
c. a turnip
_________ is a waste produced during photosynthesis.
Oxygen
_________ are consumers.
All animals
__________ is not a part of the digestive system.
Blood
Food is broken down into simple materials as it
is chewed and mixed with digestive juices.
Which of the following is a type of waste is created by consumers?
carbon dioxide
