Vocabulary
Roles
Food Chains
Food Webs
Random
100
This type of organism can make its own food
Autotroph OR Producer
100
At the very beginning of any food chain would be what kind of role?
Producer
100
Which of the organisms below is the hebivore?
Grasshopper
100
What is the difference between a food web and food chain?
A chain is one series of events displaying energy transfer, while a food web is many overlapping food chains.
100
Sun→ Flower→ Caterpillar→ Frog→ Snake→ Hawk→ Fungi
Which organism is an herbivore?
Caterpillar
200
This type of animal or person eats both plants and animals for energy.
Omnivore
200
What kind of consumer would we find eating the producers?
Herbivores
200
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What powers the primary producers in this food chain?
The sun
200
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Which two important factors in this food web are NOT pictured?
The sun and decomposers
200
Which of the following is an example of a herbivore?
A. Sunflower
B. Deer
C. Fungi
D. Lion
B. Deer
300
This type of organism breaks down biotic wastes and dead organisms for energy and returns raw materials to the ecosystem.
Decomposers
300
True or False: Decomposers can be mushrooms.
True
300
What organism is considered the top predator in this food chain?
The snake
300
List all three herbivores in this food web.
Grasshopper, Butterfly, Fruit fly
300
What is another term we can use interchangeable with producer?
Autotroph
400
Fungi, bacteria, and earthworms are examples of what kind of organisms.
Decomposers
400
Which type of consumer eats ONLY animals (meat) for energy?
Carnivore
400
Where does the energy from the mouse transfer?
The snake and upon death the decomposers.
400
Which two organism does the dragonfly CONSUME?
Butterfly and fruit fly
400
What does the prefix auto- mean?
Self
500
Omnivores, herbivores, and carnivores are all examples of what vocabulary word.
Consumers
500
Name all three types of consumers.
Omnivore, Herbivore, Carnivore
500
What supplies energy to a food chain regardless of whether it is pictured or not?
The sun
500
What three places does the energy get transferred from the rat?
Wolf, eagle, python
500
Where do heterotrophs obtain energy?
From eating other organisms