Food Chains
What is the flow of energy between living things described as?
A food chain.
Organisms, like bacteria, insects and worms, that break down waste are called what?
Decomposers.
Why was the polar bear so miserable in the video?
He wasn't where he belonged - the wrong habitat.
Are things in an ecosystem all connected or disconnected?
Connected.
What do spider monkeys distribute as they travel throughout the forest?
Fruit seeds.
Which "animal" is often said to be at the top of the food chain?
Humans.
Energy flows through a system of living things in a "what eats what" model called _______________.
A food chain.
Food, water, space to live.
What do spider monkeys mostly eat?
Fruit.
What is the interaction of living and non-living things in a habitat called?
An ecosystem.
What is the scientific name for the area in which plants and animals live?
Habitat.
The video showed a food chain example. The energy flowed from the mouse to the what?
Owl.
What is a big tangled system that includes every plant and animal in a habitat called?
Food web.
What do frogs eat?
Insects.
What are the main decomposers in arctic climates?
Bacteria.
A system of living things and their environment is called what?
Ecosystem.
What do decomposers break waste into?
Nutrients and other chemicals.
What do trees, grass, and other plants change energy from the sun into?
Sugar.
Most ecosystems tend to be in balance. Is this statement true or false?
True!
The sun.
What is a food chain?
A model that shows how energy flows between living things.
If we lost the decomposers in a food chain, what would be messed up?
The natural balance.
What are tiny plants in arctic seawater that convert energy from the sun called?
Phytoplankton.
In the example from the video, none of the animals had enough to eat all because of the loss of what?
One species.
What are really small creatures that eat phytoplankton called?