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The process by which plants turn sunlight into food.
Usually takes place in the summer. |
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| Energy that comes from the Sun. Most plants rely on solar energy to grow. |
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| All the living and nonliving things that surround an organism. Plants need an Environment in which they can get sunlight, water, carbon monoxide, and other nutrients. |
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| A measure of the amount of living things in an environment. Plants make up most of the biomass in many environments. |
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| The path that energy takes from one organism to another in form if food. A food chain shows how energy goes from the Sun to a plant to an insect to a bird. |
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| An organism that makes its own food. Green plants are producers that make there own food from water, carbon dioxide, and sunlight. |
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| An organism that eats other organisms. Consumers cannot make their own food. |
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| An organism that breaks down other organisms. Decomposers return an organism's nutrients to the soil. |
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| An animal that eats mainly plants. Deer, rabbits, and cows are all herbivores. |
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| An animal that eats other animals. Hawks that eat mice are carnivores. |
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| An animal that eats both plants and animals. Most humans are omnivores. |
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| The food chains that link together in the environment. A food web shows that some animals are part of more than one food chain. |
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| The struggle among living things for the same resources. There is a great competition for mice as food in a woodland food chain. |
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| All the members of a single type of living thing in an environment. *When one population changes, it affects other populations in the same food web. |
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| A diagram that shows the amount of energy at each level of the food web in an ecosystem.*Humans are usually at the top of the energy pyramid and insects are near the bottom. |
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| An organism that is too small to see without a microscope. *Protists and bacteria are microorganisms. |
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| Microorganisms that have cell membranes but no nuclei. *Bacteria can be both helpful and harmful to humans. |
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| A microorganism that lives in the water. *Many harmful Protists are found in ponds and lakes. |
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| A plant-like organism that breaks down dead or dying plants. *Fungi are one type of decomposers in a woodland environment. |
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