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Reep lesson 4
the nutrient cycle
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Nutrients such as what are essential for growth? | minerals |
| How do mineral nutrients enter our body? | from the foods we eat and the water we drink |
| What is a producer? | a plant |
| What is a herbivore? | plant eater |
| What is a carnivore? | meat eater |
| What are decomposers? | organism that feed on dead material |
| Why are plants called producers? | because they are the only plant that can make their own food |
| Why are animals called consumers? | because they obtain nutrients by eating something else since they can't make their own food. |
| What is a animal that eats both plants and animals? | omnivores |
| What do decomposers do? | they help break down dead materials even further then they release nutrients back to the the soil. |
| A food chain must involve ____ different kinds of organisms. | three |