Food Web
A living thing that eats other living things
Consumer
Where does a food chain start?
The Sun
Define Herbivore
An organism that eats only producers (plants)
Autotrophs are also called what?
producers
Name two omnivores
Raccoons, bears, humans, pigs, foxes, emu, sloth
A living thing that eats other living things
Consumer
All the living things that interact with each other and their environment in one place
Ecosystem
Define Carnivore
an organism that eats other animals (meat eaters)
producers are called producers because.......
Who makes their own food?
Producers
arrows on a good web or chain point in the direction of........
the organism receiving the energy
A group of things that affect each other and work together as a whole
System
Define Ominvore
An organism that eats both plants and animals
Give two examples of producers
plants and algae
Where do consumers get their energy?
plants or other consumers
Breaks down dead organisms and put the nutrients back into the soil.
Name the process where producers produce their own food.
Photosynthesis
define a decomposer
they break down dead or decaying consumers and producers and recycle the nutrients back into the soil
where do plants get their energy?
The sun
What is Mrs. Barley's first name?
Roberta
many different food chains found in one place
Food web
one path of energy flow
Food chain
Anything that takes up space and has weight; can be in different forms such as solid, liquid, or gas
Matter
Name the 5 non-living forms of matter needed to create energy
sun, soil, water, oxygen and carbon dioxide
What is the main and ultimate source of energy for almost all food chains on Earth
The Sun: The Sun provides the light energy that plants need to make their own food, starting every food chain.