What do you eat?
Only eats meat
A carnivore
This is the source of all energy on earth.
The sun
The interactions among the organisms and the nonliving factors in the environment
Ecosystem
An animal that hunts for its food.
A predator
Only eats plants
A herbivore
These are organisms that make their own food and are after the sun in a food chain.
Producers
Give an example of a decomposer
Earthworm, bacteria, or dead plants/animals
Animal that is eaten by a predator
Prey
Eats both plants and animals
An omnivore
The organism that eats the producer is called this.
Consumer
An overlapping food chain
A food web
An organism that cannot make its own food.
A consumer
What are the 3 types of consumers. List them and describe what each eats.
Herbivore - one that eats plants
Carnivore - one that eats animals/meat
Omnivore - one that eats both plants and animals/meat
The direction of the arrows points shows the direction of what moving through the food chain?
Food
List at least 5 consumers.
Black bear, brook trout, chipmunk, coyote, great blue heron, hare, mayfly, red-tailed hawk
An organism that makes its own food through photosynthesis.
A producer
Why do we need predators in our ecosystem?
We would have too much prey without predators.
Give an example of a food chain. Must have at least 3 organisms.
Grass--> Chipmunk--> Hawk
Name three things a plant needs to do photosynthesis
What is air, sunlight, water
An organism that obtains nutrients from dead organisms around it.
A decomposer