Producers
What are living things that make their own food?
What is a PRODUCER
What do we call animals that eat plants?
What is an Herbivore
What are organisms that break down dead plants and animals called?
What are decomposers?
What is a food chain?
What is a sequence that shows how energy flows from one organism to another?
What is a food web?
What is a network of interconnected food chains?
Name one example of a Producer
What is a Tree, Flowers, Plants, etc.
What is a consumer that eats both plants and animals called?
What is an Omnivore
Give an example of a decomposer.
What is a mushroom?
What is the first link in a food chain?
What is a producer?
Why is a food web more complex than a food chain?
It shows how many different organisms are connected in an ecosystem.
How do Producers help their Ecosystem?
What is they provide energy and food to animals (consumers).
Name a type of consumer that only eats meat.
What is a Carnivore
How do decomposers benefit the ecosystem?
What is they recycle nutrients back into the soil.
Give an example of a simple food chain
What is grass → rabbit → fox? Answers can vary
How do food webs help show the relationships in an ecosystem?
They illustrate how many animals and plants depend on each other for food.
What process do plants use to make food using sunlight?
What is Photosynthesis
What role do consumers play in an ecosystem?
What is they provide energy to other consumers.
Why are decomposers important for the environment?
What is they help keep the ecosystem clean by breaking down waste.
What happens if one part of a food chain is removed?
It can affect the whole chain and the organisms in it.
Can a food web change? Why or why not?
Yes, it can change if species are added or removed.
Why are producers important in a food chain?
What is they are the first step in a food chain and provide energy to consumers.
How do consumers depend on producers?
What is they rely on them for food and energy.
What happens to nutrients in dead organisms?
What is they are returned to the soil by decomposers.
How does a food chain show energy flow?
It shows which organism eats another, transferring energy up the chain.
What would happen to a food web if a major predator was removed?
The population of prey might increase, disrupting the balance of the ecosystem.