Energy
What is the source of energy in food webs?
The sun
If a sea turtle eats a jellyfish, which is the predator?
Sea turtle
this organism uses photosynthesis to make its own food
Producer
decomposers break them down.
when an organism blends into its environment
camouflage
what do the arrows in a food web represent?
the flow of energy or path that energy takes through an ecosystem
If a sea turtle eats a jellyfish, which is the prey?
jellyfish
this is an organism that only eats plants
herbivores
What makes a food chain and a food web different?
Food chain is one single path of energy, food web is many overlapping & interconnected chains.
consumers need THIS to get energy and survive
A mouse ate a strawberry and a fox ate the mouse. How did the energy get from the sun to the fox?
The strawberry turned the sun into food through photosynthesis. Then the energy went from the strawberry to the mouse then to the fox when they got eaten.
energy flows TO this in a food chain
predator
break down dead organisms into nutrients & recycle nutrients into the soil
grass -> Caterpillar -> bird -> fox
What is the secondary consumer?
Bird
all organisms need this to survive. Some get it and turn it into food, some consume others to get this.
energy
how does energy get turned into food?
photosynthesis by the producers
energy flows from this in a food web
prey
organisms that get energy from eating other organisms.
consumer
Which "step" of the food chain is the "end"?
decomposers
when a species moves to another place regularly in order to survive (seasonally, to mate, etc.)
migration
I cannot make my own energy, I rely on eating other organisms to get energy.
Consumers
the fish ate the worm and an alligator ate the fish. Which is the predator AND prey?
FISH
what do mushrooms do for the ecosystem?
break down dead things into nutrients to recycle into the soil
Organize this into the order of a food chain: strawberry, mushroom, sun, snake, hawk, mouse
Sun, Strawberry, Mouse, Snake, Hawk, Mushrooms
when an animal that goes dormant for the winter
hibernation