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C
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100
Consumers that eat both plants and animals
omnivores
100
Consumers that only eat plants or other producers
herbivores
100
Consumers that eat other animals for food
carnivores
100
These organisms cannot make their own food so they eat other living things for food
consumers
100
Organisms that make their own food
producers
200
An animal that is hunted by another animal
prey
200
An animal that hunts other animals for food
predator
200
A living thing that breaks down dead plants and animals for energy
decomposer
200
This shows how energy moves through the environment
food chain
200
This model shows how energy is lost for each animal that is higher in a food chain
energy pyramid
300
A group of the same kind of living thing in the same environment
population
300
An interacting group of living AND non-living organisms
ecosystem
300
Animals need these to stay healthy and survive (air, water, food)
nutrients
300
Coyotes, lions, and bobcats are at the ________ of the food chain (choices: top OR bottom)
top
300
Flowers, nuts, and seeds are at the _____ of the food chain (choices: top OR bottom)
bottom
400
Mushrooms, mold, and bacteria break down dead or decaying organisms. Mushrooms, mold, and bacteria are ________________.
decomposers
400
An ecosystem is a group of living and non-living things that __________ (which means, work together.)
interact
400
The energy that powers an ecosystem comes from this
sunlight
400
Herbivores depend completely on _________ for survival
plants or producers
400
When a bobcat attacks a rabbit, the bobcat is the _________.
predator
500
Cheetahs hunt and kill animals for food. What the cheetahs hunt and kill is the __________.
prey
500
Very few animals are at the ___________ level of an energy pyramid (top, middle, or bottom)
top
500
Bread is a grain that comes from a _______________ (choices: producer OR consumer)
producer
500
Bacon is a meat that comes from a pig. Pigs are _____________ (choices: producers OR consumers)
consumers
500
Name the four types of grasslands
praries, savannahs, steppes, pampas
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