Space to Live | Producers | Consumers | Decomposers | Invasive Species |
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Organisms
What are all living things called?
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Carbon dioxide
Oxygen
___________ is the part of the air that plants need to survive. Plants take this in.
___________ is what plants make. |
Oxygen , carbon dioxide
Animals breathe in _____________ , and breathe out ______________ .
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decomposer
A _______ is an organism that breaks dead plants and animals into tiny pieces.
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From that specific place
What does native mean?
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their roots
Where do plants collect water and nutrients from?
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Stomata
Tiny holes in leaves that take in carbon dioxide are called _________________ .
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consumers
Animals have to eat other organisms to get food. They do not make the food by themselves. They are not producers. Instead, they are ____________ .
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Dead things would not turn into nutrients or soil. We would have dead smelly things laying everywhere!
What would happen if there were no more decomposers?
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yes!
Can plants be invasive species too?
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Fight for food, water, shelter
What does it mean to "compete for resources"?
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A producer
What do we call an organism that makes its own food?
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omnivore
Something that eats both plants and animals is called ___________ .
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plants, animals, funguses, and bacteria
Name 4 kinds of living things.
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Don't move plants and animals from one country to another.
How can we help the invasive species problem?
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Limited! It means there are only a certain amount of resources, and it's possible to use them all up.
Is the amount of resources in an ecosystem limited or unlimited? What does that mean?
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chlorophyll
What is the green part inside plants called?
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Carbohydrates
Proteins Fats Vitamins and Minerals
Name all the types of nutrients in food.
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We can eat mushrooms, kimchi, stinky tofu, and other fermented things. We cannot eat the mold that grows on food.
What kinds of fungus can we eat? What fungus can we NOT eat?
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TRUE
True or false: Invasive species are hard to get rid of.
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Food chain
A ______________ has many crossing food chains. It shows what each animal eats.
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1) Chlorophyll collects energy from sunlight
2) The energy changes carbon dioxide and water into sugar 3) plants eat the sugar
Explain the 3 steps of photosynthesis.
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Predators hunt their prey.
Give me a sentence with the words: "predator," "prey," and "hunt."
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Producers make food.
Primary consumers eat this food. Secondary consumers eat the primary consumer. Decomposers break down the dead plants and animals to make nutrients in the soil.
Explain the 4 steps of the nutrient cycle. (4 sentences)
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The ecosystem will become unbalanced, and harm all the other plants and animals.
Why do invasive species harm the ecosystem?
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