1.     The matter in each ingredient traces back to the sun, because a plant needs the sun to grow larger, and animals need their food to grow as well.

2.    If a ingredient comes from a plant, the plant needs the sun to grow. But if the ingredient comes from a animal, than maybe its food can be traced back to the sun.
3.  All of the ingredients for chocolate fudge are all traced back to plants and the sun somehow. Like salt. Salt comes from saltwater which the water is evaporated, and the salt is left behind.    
4      The calories originally came from the sun because when the sun helps grow edible plants, they have calories in it! So each ingredient has to have calories in it.
5.      The energy is transferred because when plants grow, they need the sun for energy. And when a animal eats plants they get energy, or calories. This is how all of the energy is transferred.

1. Plants need energy and matter to grow. Where do plants get their ENERGY?
2. Where do plants get their MATTER?
3. Where do plants get their FOOD (be careful - this is a trick question)?
4. Why are plants called Producers?
5. What would happen if plants didn't have a way to get energy?
6. What would happen to animals if there were no plants to eat?
7. What are some of the LIVING components of a plant "system"? (A plant "system" is everything that a plant needs to survive and everything it produces.)
8. What are some of the NON-LIVING components of a plant "system"?
9. In what ways do the components of the system interact?
10. What matter is transported in and out of the plant system?

1. Plants get their energy from the sun, because chlorophyll absorbs it and turns it into energy. They get it from the soil because the soil has nutrients inside of it, especially when it is watered.  
2. Plants get their matter from the carbon dioxide that we breathe out. Without it, the plants cannot grow.
3. Plants get their food from the sun, but there is also nutrients in the soil to. The roots will suck it up and make it grow. But the sun is also their food.
4. Plants are called producers because they are at the very beginning of the food chain, so they produce it! Without producers, there would be no life on Earth!
5. If plants did not get energy, than it would shrivel up and die! No energy means that there is no way plants can produce food or oxygen, so most lifeforms would die out.
6. If there where no plants to eat, than every single food chain would be messed up! Some animals absolutely need plants to eat, so if they can't eat them, all the herbivores would die out. And then most of the carnivores would also die out because of the lack of food!
7. Some of the living components of a plant are leaves. The leaves help soak up the sun, so it is very important.
8. Some of the non living components are the dirt, and the water. The dirt makes sure that the roots of a plant can expand so it can grow. And the water gives the plant the power to make it's own nutrients.
9. All the components of a plant interact with each other. For example, the roots of a plant expand in the soil. And the carbon dioxide helps the plants grow! All these interactions are needed, and a plant would die without them.
10. The matter transported out of the plant is oxygen. We grow plants so that the entire world can survive and not suffocate! 
    
    

Herbivores:
Cow
Sheep
Deer
Rabbit
Grasshopper

Omnivore/Carnivore:
Lion - Carnivore
Wolf - Carnivore
Snake - Carnivores
Hawk - Carnivore
Preying Mantis - Carnivores
Spider - Omnivore
Pig - Omnivores
Bear - Omnivore
Raccoon - Omnivores
Chipmunk - Omnivores
Human - Omnivores

Plants:

• Trees 
• ​Grass
• Flowers
• Bushes

​Plants Need:

• Carbon Dioxide
• Water
• Sunlight 
• Soil - Nutrients
• Nitrogen
• Phosphorus  
• Potassium - These Minerals Are Needed For The Plant To Grow
• Carbon

​Where do they get the things they need?:

• Plants get water from their roots and soil
• Oxygen comes from the air
• Light comes from lights from inside or the sunlight

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Animals:

• Pill Bugs
• Birds
• People
• ​Squirrel - Food, Water
• Worms
• Centipede

​Animals need:

• Oxygen
• Water
• Shelter - Warmth
• ​Food - Carbon
• ​Sleep

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​Where do they get the things they need?:

• Oxygen from the air
• They get water from lakes, ponds, fountains, and puddles
• Carnivores get food from other animals, herbivores eat plants, and omnivores eat both.

Where do we get energy from:

• Food - Gives us fat and nutrients - Also gives us matter - Protein is the best possible food you can eat to not get fats.
• Sleep - Helps us transfer energy

1.  You look at the label and where it says calories, you will find out how many there are per serving.
2.  You look at under daily value, and where it says carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals it will tell you how many of each there are.​​
​3.  You can locate the ingredients at the bottom of the label.

Reflection Questions:

Answers:

1. I learned that some types of food can have so many ingredients! It so insane that a piece of food needs so many other ingredients. I also learned that carrots had so much salt in them!
2. The food on the human food label is tomato soup, and there are no ingredients that come from animals. 
3. The soybean oil, carrot fiber, and tomato puree came from plants. Even though they are not all natural, parts of them came from a plant.
4. I noticed that the pet food label had a lot more ingredients than the human food. I also noticed that the pet food label had different categories of nutrients than the human food labe did.
5. My animal is a bird. I believe that a bird eats insects and worms. And since some bugs eat plants, I think that the bird gets lots of calories because plants are very nutritious.