VOCABULARY
FOOD CHAIN
FOOD WEBS
ENERGY PYRAMID
EAT, EAT, EAT!
100

DEFINE BIOTIC

THE LIVING THINGS IN AN ECOSYSTEM

100

WHAT IS THE SECONDARY CONSUMER IN THIS FOOD CHAIN?

FROG

100

WHAT IS A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN FOOD CHAINS AND FOOD WEBS?

A FOOD WEB CAN SHOW MANY FOOD CHAINS AT ONCE.

100

WHAT HAPPENS TO ENERGY AS YOU TRAVEL UP THE PRYAMID?

IT DECREASES

100

AN APEX PREDATOR IS USUALLY A.....

CARNIVORE

200

WHAT IS AN HERBIVORE?

THIS IS ANIMAL THAT EATS ONLY PLANTS

200

WHAT SHOWS THE MOVEMENT OF ENERGY IN A FOOD CHAIN

ARROWS

200

WHAT DO YOU CALL THE ORGANISMS THAT DO NOT HAVE ANY PREDATORS IN THE FOOD WEB?

APEX PREDATORS
200

WHY CAN'T THERE BE A LOT OF PREDATORS IN AN ECOSYSTEM

THERE WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH FOOD FOR THEM

200

HUMANS ARE....

OMNIVORES

300

WHAT IS A QUATERNARY CONSUMER?

THIS IS THE CONSUMER THAT EATS TERTIARY CONSUMERS AND IS USUALLY AN APEX PREDATOR

300

WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ENERGY IN A FOOD CHAIN AS IT MOVES FROM ONE LIVING THING TO THE NEXT?

SOME ENERGY IS LOST AS HEAT

300

WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF YOU REMOVED THE BEES FROM THE FOOD WEB?

LESS BIRDS, MORE GRASS, LESS SNAKES TOO

300

WHAT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR THE LAYER TITLED CARNIVORES?

SECONDARY CONSUMERS

300

FIND THE FOOD FOR THE PRIMARY CONSUMER

ONE CELLED LIFE (THIS IS A PLANT)

400

DEFINE HETEROTROPH

THIS IS A PART OF THE ECOSYSTEM THAT CANNOT MAKE ITS OWN FOOD AND GETS ITS ENERGY FROM EATING OTHER LIVING THINGS.

400


WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE MUSHROOM IN A FOOD CHAIN?


IT IS A DECOMPOSER  AND IT RETURNS NUTRIENTS TO THE PRODUCERS.

400

LIST ALL PRIMARY CONSUMERS IN THIS IMAGE.

DEER, BEE, GRASSHOPPER, RABBIT

400

WHERE DO YOU FIND THE AUTOTROPHS IN AN ENERGY PRYAMID

IN THE PRIMARY PRODUCERS

400

FIND THE PREDATOR

BIRD (ROBIN)

500

IN YOUR OWN WORDS, EXPLAIN WHAT AN ECOSYSTEM IS

AN ECOSYSTEM IS A COMMUNITY OF MANY POPULATIONS THAT INTERACT AND INCLUDES LIVING AND NONLIVING THINGS.

500

WHAT IS THE ROLE OF THE SUN IN A FOOD CHAIN

ALL FOOD CHAINS BEGIN WITH ENERGY FORM THE SUN SINCE PLANTS NEED IT TO MAKE THEIR OWN FOOD

500

HOW IS A FOOD WEB RELATED TO THE ENERGY PYRAMID?

YOU CAN PLACE ALL ANIMALS ON A FOOD WEB INTO LEVELS ON THE ENERGY PYRAMID BY THEIR LEVELS.

500

WHAT LAYER IS MISSING FROM THIS ENERGY PYRAMID?

QUATERNARY CONSUMERS

500

WHAT DO YOU CALL A MEAT EATER THAT ALSO EATS PRIMARY CONSUMERS?

OMNIVORE

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