Life Science Review

Front

How do plants use nutrients?

Back

To make substances such as proteins and DNA.

Front

What is a population?

Back

All the individuals of a species living together in a particular place.

Front

How do plants use sugar?

Back

As Food, To Store Energy, To carry out their basic needs.

Front

What do you call the green pigment in leaves that captures the energy of sunlight?

Back

Chlorophyll

Front

What do you call a combination of food chains that shows how energy moves from the sun through an environment?

Back

Food Web

Front

What is photosynthesis?

Back

The process by which plants use sunlight to make food from carbon dioxide and water.

Front

What is a food chain?

Back

A sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another.

Front

What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

Back

They break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients back into the soil.

Front

What is an ecosystem?

Back

A community of living organisms and their interactions with their environment.

Front

What is the main source of energy for life on Earth?

Back

The Sun.