Food Chains
What is the REASON for a food chain?
Transfer ENERGY
Define "Organism:
All LIVING THINGS
Animals that eat both meat and plants are called...
Omnivores
The ability to move
Mobility
Given:
Berries-->Bird-->Cat-->Wolf
What role is the cat?
Secondary Consumer
Several food chains together create a
Food WEB
All organisms are made of
Cells
What is the source of energy in a food chain/web?
The SUN
Using the senses or being able to respond to something (stimuli) in the environment like leaning towards the sun
Sensitivity
Given:
{Chicken,Wolf, Cat, Bear, Fish, Whale}
Name two Apex Predators:
WHALE, WOLF, BEAR
What role do plants have in a food chain?
Producers
Name one of the 6 KINGDOMS of life other than Animal:
Plant, Fungi, Protist, Archaebacteria, Eubacteria
Something that WAS on the planet but does not exist anymore...
Extinct
Born-->Life Processes-->Death
Life Cycle
Given:
Grass-->Cricket-->Snake-->Coyote-->Bear
What organism is the tertiary Consumer?
Coyote
The hunters are known as...
Predators
Name 3 of the 5 classes of ANIMALS:
Mammal, Reptile, Bird, Fish, Amphibian
Biotic means...
Living (things)
Make more of to ensure the species continues
Reproduction
Given:
Algae-->Trout-->Shark-->Human-->Killer Whale
Name the Consumers
Trout, Shark, Human, (Killer)Whale
If it is being hunted a food it is called...
Prey
Organisms made of ONLY ONE CELL are called
Protists (Protista)
These {rocks, water, air, soil, sunlight}
are examples of what?
Non-living (Abiotic) organisms
Get rid of waste (Urine, Feces, Perspiration)
Excretion (Excrete)
Given:
Tree-->Giraffe-->Lion
What role is the Lion?
Secondary Consumer/Apex Predator