Is grass a producer or consumer?
Producer
What do the mice eat?
Grains
When using a dichotomous key always start at the:
a. Top
b. Middle
c. Side
a. Top
If there is less food for an organism to eat then will its numbers increase or decrease?
Decrease
Is a shark a producer or consumer?
Consumer
True/False: Nothing eats a fox.
True
Identify the mini-beast with legs, no wings and eight or more legs.
Spider
If there are less predators for an organism will its numbers increase or decrease?
Increase
Mushrooms, bacteria and fungus are examples of d__c___p___s .
decomposers
What are the two things an owl eats?
Mice & Grasshopper
Using the dichotomous key, what is the difference between a moth and butterfly?
Moth is active at night but a butterfly is not.
Predict what might happen if the carrots become extinct.
The rabbit numbers will decrease because they will have less food to eat.
How does a consumer get its energy?
From eating (consuming) things
Finish the food chain:
Carrot -> _______ -> Fox
Rabbit
Use the dichotomous key to describe a centipede.
The centipede has got legs, no wings and more than eight legs.
Predict what would happen if the owls and foxes became extinct.
If the foxes and owls became extinct then the number of rabbits, mice, grasshoppers and birds would increase because they have no predators. This might mean after a while though that the amount of grass, carrots and grains decrease in number.
How does a producer get its energy?
It creates its own energy from sun light.
Finish this food web.
________ -> Bird -> Fox
Grains
Identify the mini-beast with no legs and a shell.
Snail
An invasive vine that covers the ground is introduced to the ecosystem. The vine only lets the small grasshoppers eat the grass because the larger animals can't reach it. Predict what you think will happen to the ecosystem.
If the rabbits can't reach the grass then they will start to die off as they have less food. The grasshoppers will also increase in number because they have more food since they don't have to compete with anything else for it.