Science 5 Flashcards
To produce food, green plants use:
water, nutrients, sunlight, carbon dioxide (from the air) and chlorophyll.
Plants are green because of:
chlorophyll
Many plants enter a period of _________ in the winter, which is similar to hibernation for animals. During this period most of their normal activities stop.
dormancy
An organism’s __________ provides food, water, shelter and space.
habitat
All of the organisms in a forest make up a _______, and all of the organisms in a pond make up a pond___________.
forest community, pond community
All energy comes from ______, and then cycles through the food webs to all of the animals in the community.
the sun
___________ get energy directly from the sun and use it to make food.
plants
Because plants produce their own food, they are called _____.
producers
Other organisms do not get their energy directly from the sun. They get their energy by:
eating plants, or eating animals that have eaten plants.
Organisms that get their energy from eating plants or other animals are called:
consumers
The sun’s energy cycles through the ecosystem in this order:
sun->producers->consumers->decomposers
All of the interrelated food chains in an ecosystem make up a:
food web
Food chains and food webs always start with a:
the sun, then plants
The food chain starts with a producer (a plant) and ends with a:
decomposer
Decomposers like ______break down organisms and recycle them back to the nutrient pool.
Fungi
