Ecosystems

Photosynthesis is

• the process of breaking sugar into a form that the cell can use as energy.

• the process by which plants and other things make food.

Cellular Respiration is

• the process of breaking sugar into a form that the cell can use as energy.

• the process by which plants and other things make food.

Transpiration is

• the process of breaking sugar into a form that the cell can use as energy.

• the process where plants absorb water through the roots and then give off water vapor through pores in their leaves

• the process by which plants and other things make food.

Many organisms related by predator-prey and consumer-resource interactions; the combination of many food chains together.

• food chain

• food web

Many organisms related by predator-prey and consumer-resource interactions; the simple flow of nutrients and energy passing from creature to creature

• food web

• food chain

An organism, especially bacteria, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material.

• decomposer

• producer

• consumer

• composer

Serves as a source of food for other organisms in a food chain or food web. Include green plants, which produce food through photosynthesis, and certain bacteria that are able to converting things into food.

• decomposer

• composer

• consumer

• producer

Organism that feeds on plants or other animals for energy. Include herbivores, carnivores and omnivores.

• dinosaurs

• decomposers

• consumers

• producers

True or False? Light, carbon dioxide and water affect photosynthesis the MOST.

• True

• False

Which of the following does NOT use photosynthesis?

• Sun

• Tree

• Sunflower

• Grass