What is a system made up of?
Smaller parts
What are two outcomes of a system?
Doing an action OR creating a structure
Is Earth a system?
Yes
What is a system within a system called?
Subsystem
What makes up the biosphere?
All living things on Earth (plants and animals)
What is a subsystem of the biosphere
Ecosystem
What describes a feeding relationship among a few organisms
Food chain
What shows the feeding relationships in an ecosystem?
Food web
What is an organism that makes its own food
producer
What gets their energy by consuming other plants/animals?
Consumer
What consumes uneaten plant/animal matter
Decomposers
Where do fallen leaves go after they fall off of trees in the fall?
They are decomposed by mushrooms and other fungi
What does the geosphere contain?
The Earth
What does the hydrosphere contain?
Water, the water cycle
What does the atmosphere contain?
The gasses that make up the air we breathe
Give an example of a producer
Plant
