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

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