Vocabulary
Food Web
Producers, Consumers, Decomposers
Energy in ecosystems
Oddball Questions
100
An animal that only eats meat.
Carnivore
100
Name one producer in this food web.
Tree or Acorn
100
This gets its energy by breaking down dead/rotten organisms.
Decomposer
100
The seaweed gives energy to the __________.
Fish
100
A primary consumer is the __________ consumer in a food chain.
First
200
Plants are an example of this because they make their own food.
Producer
200
What level of consumer is the wolf?
Secondary
200
The first organism in a food chain.
Producer/plant
200
Where all energy in an ecosystem starts.
The sun
200
Which organism(s) are omnivores in this food web?
The bear and grouse
300
Word that means "all living an nonliving things in a given area that interact with each other."
Ecosystem
300
What type of consumer is the bear?
Omnivore
300
Gets its energy by eating other living things.
Consumer
300
Name one way an animal uses its energy (4 possible answers)
Growth, body repair, movement, body warmth
300
Which organism(s) are ONLY carnivores in this food web?
Hawk
400
This word means "any living thing."
Organism OR biotic factor
400
Name an animal that can be a tertiary consumer in this food web.
Eagle
400
Although it is important, it is not always included in food chains, but without it there would be a lot more rotten stuff lying around.
Decomposer
400
Plants get their energy by making their own food in a process called __________________
Photosynthesis
400
Are secondary consumers herbivores or carnivores in a food chain?
Carnivores
500
This word means "to study the environment"
Ecology
500
Find a food chain in this food web that has four organisms. Name them in order of how energy is passed.
Berries -> bird -> snake -> eagle
500
Type of consumer that eats both plants and animals.
Omnivore
500
On your whiteboard, draw a food chain to show how energy gets into the cheese you eat on a taco
Sun -> grass -> cow
500
The arrows on a food chain represent the phrase _______ ________ ____. (three words)
gives energy to