Vocab
Plants that make their own food are called
Producers
Food webs are made from these that overlap
An arrow on a food web or chain means
Energy is given to
Humans are an example of
What is a consumer?
Where all energy on our world comes from
What is the Sun and God
Animals that need to eat to live are called
What type of living thing would be found at the TOP of a food web?
What is a predator? (carnivore or omnivore also acceptable answers)
What is a producer
Which type of organism is a fungus?
An organism that breaks down dead or decaying plant or animal material.
What is a decomposer
The first consumer in a food chain or web
What is primary consumer
Why does it matter the way an arrow points in a food web?
It shows where the energy is going
Make a food chain with the following: -mouse -snake -seeds -hawk
-Seeds, mouse, snake, hawk
Which of the following organism is a secondary consumer in the food chain? A) hawk B) gorilla C) squirrel D) earthworm
What is a hawk?
Consider the following food chain:
Lettuce>Rabbit>Snake> Hawk
What would happen if the snake population went down?
The rabbit population would go up and hawks would go down
The third consumer in a food chain or web
What is a tertiary consumer
An example of a secondary consumer
Mrs. Hengesbach will approve answers
Consider this food chain: grass=> grasshopper=> mouse => snake Which organism is an herbivore?
What is the grasshopper?
What breaks down materials in an ecosystem
What is a decomposer?
Consider the food chain: grass=> grasshopper=> frog=> snake What would happen in the ecosystem if the grasshopper population died?
The frog population would die from the decrease in their food supply
Energy
Use your whiteboard to draw a food web with 6 organisms
Mrs. Hengesbach will approve these
Create a food chain with 4 organisms
Mrs. Hengesbach will approve these
Name three different kids of decomposers?
Bacteria, mushroom, fungi, other answers may be approved by Mrs. H
What a plant needs to complete photosynthesis
What is water, sunlight, and Carbon Dioxide (or air)