Vocabulary
An organism that makes its own food.
Producer
An organism that eats other organisms.
Consumer
The food chain is driven by energy from where?
Sun
Grass, Grasshopper, Sparrow, Hawk
Which organism is a producer?
Grass
What is the difference between a producer and consumer?
A producer makes its own food, a consumer eats other organisms
An organism that eats only meat.
Carnivore
An organism that breaks down waste and puts nutrients back into the soil.
Decomposer
What does the arrow point to in the food chain?
Where the energy is going to next
Grass, Grasshopper, Sparrow, Hawk
Which organism is a consumer?
Grasshopper, Sparrow, Hawk
If the sea otters didn't eat the sea urchins, what would happen to the rest of the food web?
There would not be enough kelp for other organisms to eat and the rest of the food chain would be affected.
An organism that eats only vegetation.
Herbivore
An organism that eats meat and vegetation.
Omnivore
What would happen if the sea otter did not eat the sea urchin?
The sea urchins would eat all of the kelp leaving none for the other animals.
Grass, Grasshopper, Sparrow, Hawk
Which organism is a herbivore?
Grasshopper
Owl, grass, sun, rabbit, mushroom
Put these organisms in order on a food chain.
Sun --> Grass --> Rabbit --> Owl --> Mushroom
Having no living members.
Extinct
The linear flow of energy from organism to another.
Food Chain
More than one food chain connected together
Food web
Grass, Grasshopper, Sparrow, Hawk
Which organism is a carnivore?
Hawk
If 3 coyotes eat 1 deer and 5 deer die out of the food chain, how many coyotes will be affected?
15
An animal that hunts other animals.
Predator
An animal that is hunted by other animals.
Prey
Flower --> Frog --> Butterfly --> Alligator
What is wrong with this food chain?
The frog does not eat the flower, he eats the butterfly
Give an example of a decomposer.
Mushroom, bacteria
What is a keystone species?
An animal that plays an important role in maintaining a habitat.