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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is photosynthesis? | It is the food making process by which plants and algae capture sunlight, carbon dioxide, & water. And use it to make food/sugar. |
| Where does water enter a plant? | The roots |
| Where does photosynthesis occur in a plant? | The leaves |
| Systems | A collection of interacting part |
| Atmosphere | The layer of gasses surrounding the Earth |
| Geosphere | Earth's core, mantle, and the crust |
| Hydrosphere | The interacting water on, under, and above the Earth's surface |
| Biosphere | A system of interacting living organisms on Earth |
| Ecosystems | A community of organisms interacting with each other and with the nonliving environment |
| Energy arrows | Arrows in a food chain or food web showing the direction of energy transfer |
| Producers | An orgranisim, such as a plant or algae, that makes it own food |
| Consumers | An organism that breaks down plant and animal material into simple chemicals |
| Food chain | A description of the feeding relationships between organisms in an environment |
| Food web | The feeding relationships, among all the organisms, in an ecosystem Multiple food webs that have common consumers / producers transferring energy |
| Carnivores | Meat eating animals |
| Herbivores | Plant eating animals |
| Omnivores | Plant and meat eating animals |
| Decomposers | An organism that breaks down plant and animal material into simple chemicals |
| Cells | The basic unit of life |
| Fungus | An orgranisim that lacks chlorophyll and gets nutrients from dead or living organisms |
| Dormant | Not active |
| Nutrients | A chemical in food that helps keep an organism alive and active |
| Sugar | The nutrient that cells use for energy |
| Carbon dioxide | A compound made from carbon and oxygen: a waste gas prouduced during cellular respiration |
| Plants use carbon dioxide during photosynthesis to make what? | Food |
| Chlorophyll | A molecule that absorbs red and blue light and reflects green light |
| Rain Forest | This ecosystem is home to many different plants, a large variety of animals, and has a hot climate with lots of rain. |
| Grassland | Ecosystem has soil rich with nutrients, tall grasses and is home to bison, and insects |
| Desert | Ecosystem has a dry climate and the soil is mostly sand |
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