SUMMARY FOR BIG SCIENCE 5

I. Unit 1: Plants and Animals

1. What plant and animal characteristics are inherited?

2. How do animals respond to the environment?

Some animals hibernate such as bears, bats… Some animals migrate such as
Canadian geese, humpback whales… to escape cold winters and to find food.

II. Unit 2: Ecosystems

1. How do living things get energy in an ecosystem?
- Producers are plants that can produce food by their own:

- Consumers are animals that eat plants or other animals for food:

- Decomposers are living things that eat dead plants and animals:

- Predators: animals that hunt & kill other animals for food:

- Prey: animals that are hunted and killed by other animals for food:

2. Food chain
How does energy flow in this food chain?