Definitions
The relationship between organisms, resources, and their habitat.
Ecosystem
Organisms within ecosystems rely on each other for ________.
Energy
What is the difference between a producer and a consumer?
Producers are organisms that make their own food while consumers are organisms that eat plants or animals.
Put the following in order:
Sun, decomposer, consumer, producer
Sun, producer, consumer, decomposer
What level of the food chain are producers and why?
The first level because they make their own food from the sun.
Shows the way energy flows in an ecosystem between animals and plants.
Food Chain
The four main categories of the food chain are:
Sun, Producer, Consumer, Decomposer
What is the difference between a herbivore, and an omnivore?
Herbivores eat only plants while omnivores eat plants and animals.
Put the following in order of the food chain and label as a producer, herbivore, omnivore, carnivore, or decomposer:
Seal, algae, salmon, minnow
Algae (producer), minnow (herbivore), salmon (carnivore), seal (carnivore)
What level of the food chain are omnivores and why?
The third level because they eat plants and animals.
Organisms that make their own food.
Producers
Why is the Sun an important part of the food chain?
The sun is needed by plants in order to go through photosynthesis to make their own food.
What is the difference between an omnivore and a carnivore?
Omnivores eat plants and animals while carnivores eat only animals.
Put the following in order of the food chain and label as a producer, herbivore, omnivore, carnivore, or decomposer:
Grasshopper, snake, grass, mushrooms
Grass (producer), grasshopper (herbivore), snake (carnivore), mushrooms (decomposer)
What level of the food chain are carnivores and why?
The fourth level because they only eat animals.
Organisms that eat plants or other animals.
Consumers
Do all food chains include producers, consumers, and decomposers?
Yes
BONUS QUESTION:
Name one example of a herbivore, omnivore, and carnivore.
Example answers:
Herbivore: rabbit, grasshopper, cows, fish
Omnivore: bears, birds, dogs, ostrich
Carnivore: lion, wolf, polar bear, shark
Put the following in order of the food chain and label as a producer, herbivore, omnivore, carnivore, or decomposer:
Butterfly, snake, bacteria, flower, eagle
Flower (producer), butterfly (herbivore), snake (carnivore), eagle (carnivore), bacteria (decomposer)
What level of the food chain are herbivores and why?
The second level because they eat plants.
Breaks down dead animals and plants to return nutrients to the soil.
Decomposers
BONUS QUESTION:
How many major ecosystems are there?
8
What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
A food chain outlines who eats whom.
A food web is all of the food chains in a ecosystem.
Put the following in order of the food chain and label as a producer, herbivore, omnivore, carnivore, or decomposer:
Carrots, bacteria, lion, fox, rabbit
Carrots (producer), rabbit (herbivore), fox (omnivore), lion (carnivore), bacteria (decomposer)
BONUS QUESTION:
Name two examples of producers.
Example answers: algae, phytoplankton, grass, plants, small shrubs