1. Almost every single ingredient comes from a plant. Ex. ground beef comes from a cow. But the cow eats the grass. That counts as he ingredient of a cow came from because the cow depends on grass because the grass helps it survive. "Without grass, the cow would starve to death. Grass is also a plant. Also the sun is the very first step on how the ingredient is made. Plants are almost all the time the second.
​2. These ingredients can be traced back to the sun because plants grow and live with the sun. The sun is one of the most key parts for a plant to survive. ex. ground beef to cow to grass to sun.
​3. Almost all the matter from the food came from producers. Like in questions 1 and 2, ingredients/food can be traced back to plants and the sun.
4. some or most of the food originally came from the sun because all foods start from the sun.
5. The sun grows a plant. Ingredients that are meat, such as beef, come from cows.  Cows eat plants (grass which gives them energy A.K.A. calories which helps the animal to grow and live. 

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. Without the sun, plants would never be able to grow.
2. Plants get their matter from carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is like what we breathe in, oxygen. For plants, they need carbon dioxide. I can infer this because the day we got back in after spring break. Mr. Solarz' plants weren't looking to well. I remember Mr. Solarz said he came in once during spring break to water the plants. Then I thought that people weren't in here giving plants what they need: carbon dioxide. When people are in the room, they breathe out carbon dioxide.
3. Plants get food form the sun. Food gives us energy and the plant's energy is the sun. That is how I inferred. They also get food from the soil because soil has important nutrients for the plant.
4. Plants are called producers because they produce their own food. They do this light from the sun, carbon dioxide from the air, and soil. This helps the plant survive.
5.The plants would not be able to grow. It is common sense, really. You can't grow a plant without sunlight, soil,and water. Another thing that could happen is that it could affect the food web. If there were no plants, some animals would starve to death. Without the animal that eats plants, an animal that eats the animals that eats the plant,s would die too. Woo, that came out fast! :)
6. Oops, said it in 5. (above) :)
7. The root. The root of the plant helps get soil from the ground to the plant. Also leaves help plants, too. Leaves soak up sunlight and gives the plant sunlight.
8. The nonliving components are all described and showed on the thinglink. Oxygen, carbon dioxide, soil, the sun, and water. I may be wrong on this one. I couldn't decide if the sun was a living or a non-living thing.
9. The water interacts with the soil. "Water seeps into soil." Leaves interact with the sun "Leaves collect sunlight from the sun." The plant also interacts with the soil filled with water. "By getting water into the plant's roots."
​10. Carbon dioxide, water and nutrients from the soil is transported into the plant and Oxygen is transported out of the plant. Oxygen is pretty much what the plant breathes out.

1. The food chain above. The grass gets energy from the sun to grow and the cow gets energy from grass. The wolf and grizzly bear both can get energy from eating cows. This is a very simple food chain but it is still a food chain.
​2. Yes. I think this because it is different plants and animals eating each other, which is a system. A food chain can also be a very large system.
3. If a plant or animal disappears from the food web, the plant or animal that species eats will become more populated. It will become more populated because the species that eats it won't eat it anymore. Also the specie that eats the specie that got extinct will become less populated because that species relies on the species that is extinct.
4. When a living organism eats something, they get nutrients from it and store some of those nutrients away. And when predator comes and eats the animal, they get the nutrients that that animal had stored away.
5. This is pretty much same answer as 4. A living organism eats something stores some of the nutrients away. Later on a predator eats that animal and gets the nutrients for body warmth and motion. 
6. I think it is stored in a living organism's body. If they desperately need nutrients, then they will use the nutrients that haven't been used.

1. We find energy (calories) at the very top of the nutrition label. It is the the second nutrition fact.
2. Vitamins are at the bottom of the page. Carbohydrates are ninth on the list. The amount of proteins is located at the bottom of the page. Fat is third on the list. Iron is located in the same section as vitamins.
3. At the very bottom of the page.

1. Where can we locate the list of ingredients?
2. How do we find the percentage of different types of matter in the food?
   

1. The list of ingredients can be found at the top of the nutrition label.
2. The percentage is located at the right of the ingredient.

1. There are percentages of how much food you need of that day. Also there are many different nutrients and minerals in foods.
2. Tomato soup. None of the ingredients came from animals.
3. tomato puree comes from tomatoes and soybeans come from soybeans. "according to Google, a soybean is a plant." Carrot fiber comes from carrots. Carrots are also plants according to Google.
​4. Pet food labels don't have grams, they have percents. Pet food labels also don't have nutrition facts. Instead, they have guaranteed analysis. Also on the pet food label, they have the ingredients at the top, not like the human food label at the bottom. There are so much differences in pet and human food labels.
5. I will chose a rabbit. I think a rabbit eats grass, fruits, and vegetables. A rabbit gets fiber from grass, fruits, and vegetables. A rabbit get most of it's important nutrients from fruits and ​vegetables.

1. Food provides animals and humans with energy, important nutrients and minerals, we need. The energy from the food helps us repair our body, maintains warmth, helps us grow, and helps us move around. Overall, food is very important to humans and animals and it would be impossible to survive without it.
​2. They both have proteins and fats. Although, the pet food label has crude protein and fats. I have no idea what crude is but they both have some sort of fats and proteins in them.
3. I could be good and can be bad. Calories are measured by energy in foods. If you want your dog to not be so hyper, give him less calories. If you want your dog to be more energetic, give him more calories. 
"This is what I think."
​4. Protein, carbohydrates, fats, and vitamin C. Also I was thinking maybe potassium because it prevents muscle cramps but the first four I am sure that they help repair our bodies and grow. Also maybe calcium because it makes us have strong bones which I think of it as our bones are growing.
​5. Calories, fiber, and antioxidants. These are the only three I could really find out. This was a lot  harder to find than number 4.
​6. This energy transfers into animals to make them survive. Without food, we would die. Food doesn't just fill us up, it gives us energy to walk around and do things.
7. This is a tough question. I went to How Stuff Works and I got statistics of how much grams of nutrients make up a calorie. 44 calories in 11g of carbohydrates. 32 calories in 8g of protein. 99 calories in 9g of fat. The total amount of energy in milk is 175 calories. But according to the nutrition label, there is only 160 calories.
​8. Solids or Liquids? I am thinking that they are talking about this kind of matter.