Chapter 1 Living Things Need Energy

Lesson 1 Terms  Photosynthesis – the process by which plants make their own food  Solar energy – energy from the sun  Stomata – tiny holes on leaves that collect carbon dioxide  Environment – everything that surrounds a living thing

Lesson 2 Terms  Food chain – shows how energy passes from one organism to another  Producers – organisms that make their own food (all plants)  Consumers – organisms that must eat food for energy (all animals)  Decomposers – organisms that break down once living things  Herbivore – consumers that eat mostly plants  Carnivores – consumers that eat mostly animals  Omnivores – consumers that eats both plants and animals

Lesson 3 Terms  Food web – shows how a group of food chains are linked together  Competition – when several organisms want the same resource (usually food)  Population – all the members of a single type of organism

Lesson 4 Terms  Microorganism – living things too small to be seen with just our eyes  Bacteria – smallest type of microorganism without nuclei  Protists – microorganisms that live in water and are larger than bacteria  Fungi – plant-like organism that breaks down once living things

Concepts 1  Be able to describe the three major parts that plants have that assist with photosynthesis  Roots – collect water and nutrients  Stem – transport resources and sunlight  Leaves – collect carbon dioxide and sunlight  Be able to describe the difference between producers and consumers and give an example of each  Plants such as rosebushes are producers that make their own food  Animals such as lions are consumers that eat food

Concepts 2  Be able to chart an example of a food chain with at least 4 members such as:  Sun – tree – monkey – cheetah - earthworms  Be able to describe at least two ways a food web could be changed or disrupted such as:  Fire destroy trees, hunting animals to extinction, adding animals to an environment, diseases, droughts  Be able to explain why algae is plant-like, an amoeba is animal-like, and euglena is like both

Have in mind  A specific type of organism of any type (plant, animal, fungi, etc.) and be able to give three details about it. Some organisms we discussed in class were:  Rabbits, horn toads, water bears  Tickle-me plants, pitcher plants, Venus fly traps  Mushrooms  Algae, amoeba, euglena

Resources  Practice book pages 2-27  Mentor mob links  Notebook  or contact teacher