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Unit 1 Lesson 2
Question | Answer |
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What shows a pattern of what animals eat in an ecosystem? | food web |
A food web is made up of numerous __________________ . | food chains |
What break down dead plant and animal material? | Decomposers |
Decomposers __________________ to the soil where it can be recycled back into new plants and animals. | return nutrients |
Living things (biotic) depend on nonliving things (abiotic) such as ____________________ . | air, water, and sunlight |
What is an example of a producer? | plants |
What is an example of a consumer? | animal |
What is an example of a decomposer? | fungi and bacteria |
Plants compete for ________________ to make energy for survival. | sunlight and nutrients |
What would happen if the producers were removed from a food chain | Consumers would decrease |
What would happen if predators were removed from a food chain? | Consumers would increase and producers would decrease |
Energy flows through a food chain in this order. | producer, herbivores, omnivores |
All energy whether for plants or animals all depends on the _____________. | sun |
What factor limits the growth of plants in a desert ecosystem? | Water |
What are some examples of some things that are matter? | desk, bird, balloon |
What are some examples of some things that are not matter? | gravity, dreams,love |
In a food web that shows an oak tree and all of its consumers (squirrel, bird, caterpillar, deer), the oak tree provides food for all of the organisms. | This would not be possible without energy from the sun. |
Plants need water to grow tall, if not given enough water, the plant will grow more ________________. | slowly |
Sun-->Producers-->Consumers-->_____________________ | Decomposers |
In a pond ecosystem, weeds need _______________ from the pond to make food. | water |
What are some examples of how air is made up of tiny particles that are to small to see but they do have mass? | a balloon blowing up, leaves moving on a windy day, a flag waving in the wind |