Vocabulary

Question 1

Photosynthesis

Answer 1

Process where plants use light energy from the sun to make carbohydrates

Question 2

Producer

Answer 2

An organism that makes its own food also called autotrophs or self feeders

Question 3

Consumers

Answer 3

Organisms that get their energy by eating other organisms they are also called heterotrophs or other feeders

Question 4

Decomposers

Answer 4

Consumers that get their own food by breaking down organic matter from dead organisms

Question 5

Cellular respiration

Answer 5

Process of breaking down carbohydrates to yield energy is called

Question 6

Food chain

Answer 6

The path in which energy is transferred from one organism to the next as each organism eats another organism

Question 7

Food web

Answer 7

Includes more organisms and shows the feeding relationships between organisms that are possible in an ecosystem

Question 8

Trophic level

Answer 8

Each step through which energy is transferred in a food chain