Chapter 4 Vocabulary
Chapter 4 Matching
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
BONUS
100
What is a primary producer?
Name an example.
An organism that uses energy they take in from the environment to make food/energy.
Ex: Plants
100
Classify the following as an herbivore, a carnivore, an omnivore, or a detritivore.
An earthworm that eats the decaying remains of plants and animals.
Detritivore
100
What is this called?
Food chain
100
The maximum number of individuals of a particular species that a particular environment can support is its:
carrying capacity
100
Nutrients move through an ecosystem in:
(a) Biogeochemical cycles
(b) Water cycles
(c) pyramids of energy
(d) ecological pyramids
(a) Biogeochemical cycles
200
What is an herbivore?
Name an example.
An organism that eats plants
Ex: Giraffes, cows, etc.
200
Classify the following as an herbivore, a carnivore, an omnivore, or a detritivore.
A bear that feeds on plants and animals.
Omnivore
200
What is this called?
A food web
200
When a population is below its carrying capacity, it will ________ in size.
Increase
200
What type of growth is shown in the graph below?
Exponential
300
What is a carnivore?
Name an example.
An organism that eats meat AND kills its prey
Ex: Lions, tigers, etc.
300
Classify the following as an herbivore, a carnivore, an omnivore, or a detritivore.
A cow that feeds only on plants.
Herbivore
300
Which trophic level has the highest energy? Which has the lowest?
Highest: Producers
Lowest: Tertiary consumers
300
When a population is above its carrying capacity, it will ________ in size.
Decrease
300
What type of growth is shown in the curve below?
Logarithmic
400
What is an omnivore?
Name an example.
An animal that eats both meat and plants
Ex: Humans, dogs, etc.
400
Classify the following as an herbivore, a carnivore, an omnivore, or a detritivore.
A snail that feeds on plants, algae, and fungi.
Herbivore
400
In the aquatic system, which organisms have the largest population?
In the terrestrial ecosystem, which organisms have the largest population?
Aquatic: Zooplankton
Terrestrial: Grasses
400
What do the x- and y- axes represent?
X-axis: time
Y-axis: population size
400
In a certain food web, mice and cows both feed off of grass. To what trophic level do the mice belong? (Hint: What type of consumer is the animal?)
BONUS: What is another name for the correct answer?
Primary consumers
500
What is a detritivore?
Name an example.
An animal that feeds on dead organic matter. Ex: shrimp, crab, etc.
500
Classify the following as an herbivore, a carnivore, an omnivore, or a detritivore.
An owl that feeds only on animals.
Carnivore
500
Which of the following organisms is found in the trophic level with the greatest biomass that sustains the ecosystem represented by this food web?
All producers
500
What does the dotted line represent?
The carrying capacity
500
Which of the following organisms is found in the trophic level with the greatest biomass that sustains the ecosystem represented by this food web?
Acceptable answers: Phytoplankton, seaweed, or seagrass