GAME NAME: NEW SCIENCE 5TH ENERGY AND ECOSYSTEMS UNIT B CH. 5
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Title of Category
VOCABULARY
ENERGY
FOOD CHAIN
LEVELS
PLANT WORLD
THIS AND THAT
Explanation
These answers deal with
vocabulary.
These answers deal with
energy.
These answers deal with the
food chain.
These answers deal with the
levels of the food chain.
These answers may deal with
anything in this chapter.
Clue 1
Row Value 200
WHAT IS A COMMUNITY OF
ORGANISMS AND THE
ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH
THEY LIVE?
THIS IS THE NAME OF A
DIAGRAM THAT SHOWS
HOW MUCH FOOD ENERGY
IS PASSED TO EACH LEVEL OF
A FOOD CHAIN.
A FOOD CHAIN DESCRIBES
THIS ABOUT AN ECOSYSTEM.
THIS IS THE NAME FOR
ORGANISMS THAT MAKE
THEIR OWN FOOD.
These answers deal with
plants and their place in the
ecosystem.
PLANTS ARE CALLED
PRODUCERS BECAUSE THEY
DO THIS.
Ecosystem
Energy pyramid
Transfer of energy between
the levels of organisms
Producers
Response
Make their own food
ALTHOUGH THE SUN
PROVIDES THE ENERGY FOR
PRODUCERS, THIS IS THE
REASON DECOMPOSERS ARE
VITAL TOO.
Release stored nutrients vital
for plants
Clue 2
Row Value 400
THIS IS THE NAME OF THE
ANIMALS THAT EAT ONLY
PRODUCERS.
THIS IS THE NAME OF THE
PROCESS BY WHICH PLANTS
MAKE FOOD USING ENERGY
FROM THE SUN.
IMAGINE A PICTURE OF THE
AFRICAN PLAINS WITH TALL
GRASS, ZEBRAS, AND LIONS.
EXPLAIN HOW THIS FOOD
CHAIN WOULD FUNCTION.
THIS IS THE NAME OF
ANIMALS THAT EAT PLANTS
OR OTHER ANIMALS.
PHOTOSYNTHESIS IS THIS.
IN THE NITROGEN CYCLE,
THIS IS WHAT SOME
BACTERIA THAT LIVE ON
SOME PLANT ROOTS CAN
DO.
Response
Herbivores
Photosynthesis
Consumers
THIS IS THE NAME OF
ORGANISMS THAT BREAK
DOWN THE REMAINS OF
DEAD PLANTS AND ANIMALS.
THIS IS THE NAME OF THE
SUBSTANCE THAT ENABLES A
PLANT TO USE THE SUN’S
ENERGY TO MAKE FOOD.
Plant making food using
sunlight
THIS SUBSTANCE IS
PRODUCT OF
PHOTOSYNTHESIS: CARBON
DIOXIDE, NITROGEN,
OXYGEN, OR PIGMENT
Fix nitrogen gas
Clue 3
Row Value 600
Grass, producers, zebras,
herbivores, lions carnivores
THIS TYPE OF ORGANISMS IS
ALWAYS LAST IN THE FOOD
CHAIN.
Decomposers
Chlorophyll
Decomposers
Decomposers
Oxygen
Animal waste and dead
animals
IN THE NITROGEN CYCLE,
LIGHTENING PRODUCES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
THAT ARE DISSOLVED IN
THIS.
Response
Clue 4
Row Value 800
Response
THIS IS THE NAME OF AN
ORGANISM THAT BREAKS
DOWN THE REMAINS OF
DEAD PLANTS AND ANIMALS.
THIS IS THE NAME FOR THE
TRANSFER OF ENERGY
BETWEEN THE LEVELS OF
THE ENERGY PYRAMID.
THIS IS THE SOURCE OF
ENERGY FOR THE
PRODUCERS.
THIS IS THE REASON THAT
EACH HIGHER LEVEL OF THE
FOOD PYRAMID HAS FEWER
ORGANISMS THAN THE ONE
BELOW IT.
THIS WOULD BE THE
CORRECT TERM TO DESCRIBE
A CARNIVORE.
THIS IS THE ROLE OF THE
DECOMPOSERS PLAY WITH
THE LIFE OF PLANTS.
Food chain
The sun
Only 10 percent of the
energy is passed up the
pyramid so fewer
Consumer
Break down matter so plants
may use the nutrients
IN THE NITROGEN CYCLE,
BACTERIA BREAK DOWN
BOTH OF THESE FROM
ANIMALS.
Rain
GAME NAME: NEW SCIENCE 5TH ENERGY AND ECOSYSTEMS UNIT B CH. 5
Clue 5
Row Value 1000
AN ECOSYSTEM IS THIS.
Response
Community of organisms and
environment where they live
A COLONY OF ANTS EATS A
PLANT SITTING ON THE
WINDOW LEDGE OF OUR
CLASSROOM. THIS IS THE
PERCENTAGE OF ENERGY
THAT IS PASSED TO THE
ANTS.
THIS WOULD BE THE
CORRECT ORDER FOR THE
FOLLOWING ORGANISMS IN
THE FOOD CHAIN. SNAKE,
OWL, GRASS, AND LOCUST.
10 percent
Grass>locust>snake>owl
THIS WOULD BE THE
CORRECT TERMS TO
DESCRIBE THE FOOD CHAINS
LEVEL OF A FAVORITE MEAL
OF STEAK WITH
MUSHROOMS AND A BAKED
POTATO.
Potato-producer
Steak-consumer
Mushrooms-decomposers
THIS IS WHAT WOULD
PROBABLY HAPPEN TO AN
UNHEALTHY PLANT THAT
YOU FOUND IN A DARK
ROOM IF YOU MOVED IT TO
A SUNNY SPOT.
IN A SIMPLE FOOD WEB OF
ORGANISMS THAT LIVE IN
THE OCEAN, IF SEAWEED
AND PLANKTON ARE THE
BASE OF THE WEB, THIS IS
THEIR RELATIONSHIP TO
CONSUMERS.
Plant start to make food
through photosynthesis
healthy now,
Consumers eat them must
have enough to survive
CATEGORY: SEA FOOD WEB
CLUE: IN A SIMPLE OCEAN FOOD WEB, THIS WOULD BE THE RESULTS IF THE NUMBER OF MEAT-EATING FISH DECREASED
RESPONSE: Organisms eaten by the fish-plant eating fish and shrimp would increase. Organisms eating meat-eating fish would decrease.