🌿Science Study Guide: Life Processes, Plants, Food Webs, & Photosynthesis 🌿

What is the basic unit of life?

The cell.

What are the two main types of cells?

Plant cell and animal cell.

Which type of cell has a cell wall and chloroplasts?

Plant cell.

What is photosynthesis?

The process plants use to make their own food.

What is the formula for photosynthesis?

Carbon Dioxide + Water + Sunlight → Glucose + Oxygen.

What do plants take in from the air during photosynthesis?

Carbon Dioxide (CO₂).

What is absorbed from the soil by plants?

Water (H₂O).

What captures sunlight in the leaves of plants?

Chlorophyll.

What is the product of photosynthesis that serves as plant food?

Glucose (C₆H₁₂O₆).

What is a food chain?

A simple line showing who eats whom.

What is a food web?

A complex network of food chains.

What indicates the flow of energy in a food web?

Arrows that point from the food to the eater.

What do we call organisms that make their own food?

Producers.

What type of consumer eats producers?

Primary consumer (herbivore).

What is the role of a secondary consumer?

Eats primary consumers (carnivore or omnivore).

What is a tertiary consumer?

The top predator in the food chain.

What is an herbivore?

An animal that eats only plants.

What does the acronym MRS. GREN represent?

Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion, Nutrition.

What process involves breaking down food for energy?

Respiration.

What is the definition of excretion in living organisms?

The removal of waste.