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What is producer? Give an example.
Any organism that uses energy from the sun to produce its own food. A plant
What does biotic mean? Give an example from the forest.
A living organism. Ex.animal, plant.
What does abiotic mean? Give an example from the forest.
A non-living thing. Ex. rock, sun, etc.
What is an ecosystem?
A community of living and non living things & their relationship with each other and their environment.
What is a consumer? Example.
An organism that eats other organisms in the ecosystem. Ex: animals
What is a decomposer? Give an example
an organism that breaks down materials and litter ex: worm
What is the correct equation for photosynthesis?
Carbon Dioxide+ Water + sunlight = Sugars + Oxygen
What is photosynthesis?
A process where plants create their own food.
What is transpiration? What part of the leaf is involved?
when water vapour is released through the stomata of the leaf.
Which have more stomata? Leaves or needles?
Leaves
Which type of trees transpire more?
Deciduous
What are the two different types of trees?
Deciduous and coniferous
What is the one tree that is classified as BOTH types of trees.
Tamarack.
What is the highest level of the forest? Name an animal that is found there.
Upper canopy. Birds/insects
What is the bottom level of the forest? Name an organism that is found there
Forest floor. Worms/insects.
What is the second level (going up) of the forest called? Name an organism that is found there.
Underbrush. Large and small animals
