Roles in Ecosystems
What are living green things that can make their own food?
Producers
What are animals, like a rabbit or a deer, that survive by eating only plants?
Herbivores
What do plants depend on furry or hungry animals to scatter across the forest floor so new plants can grow?
Seeds
What resource is there a major shortage of in the winter, forcing animals to make big survival changes?
Food
Where should humans always walk when exploring nature to avoid trampling sensitive forest plants?
Stay on paths (or trails)
What do we call a plant-eating animal (like a rabbit) that is the first animal to get energy in a food chain?
Primary Consumers
What are strict meat-eating consumers that survive by eating only other animals?
Carnivores
What yellow powder do plants rely on insects like bees to move from blossom to blossom?
Pollen
What valuable internal fuel are animals trying to save when they sleep, move, or slow down in the winter?
Energy
What action can humans take to help a forest ecosystem recover after trees have been cut down?
Replanting trees
What do we call a meat-eating animal (like a fox) that gets its energy by hunting and eating smaller plant-eating animals?
Secondary Consumers
What is an animal, like a bear, that is a flexible consumer because it eats both plants and other animals?
Omnivores
What do animals do behind, under, or inside plants to stay safe from predators?
Hide ( or Live)
What traveling action do many Alberta birds use to fly south to warmer places for the winter?
Migration
What respectful choice should humans make instead of feeding, touching, or bothering wild creatures?
Leave animals alone
What is a living thing, like a mushroom or fungi, that cleans up the forest by breaking down dead material?
Decomposers
What does a rabbit eat to be classified as an herbivore?
Plants
What do animals do to plants to give their bodies the nutrients and fuel they need to survive?
Eat them
What deep winter sleep do animals like bats or squirrels go into to survive the freezing cold?
Hibernation
What does the government create and expect people to follow to protect animal populations that are shrinking?
Rules and laws
What is the ultimate starting source where all energy in a food chain comes from?
The Sun
What does a fox eat to be classified as a carnivore?
Other animals
What invisible resource do plants clean and produce that animals need to breathe?
Air
What physical action does a bear greatly slow down to conserve its energy during hibernation?
Breathing
What action do conservation officers take to wild animal populations to check whether their numbers are healthy or too small?
Count or track them