Food Chain/Food Web 1
A _______________ makes its own energy and begins the food chain.
producer
A ____________ cannot make its own energy and eats only plants for their energy.
Primary Consumer
A type of consumer that eats both meat and plants is called a ____________.
omnivore
What is a single pathway in which energy and nutrients are passed between living organisms?
food chain
Who is the producer out of the following?
1. grass
2. rabbit
3. wolf
grass
What does a producer do? (2 things)
1. makes its own energy and
2. begins the food chain.
What's a Primary Consumer?
cannot make its own energy and eats only plants for their energy.
What's an omnivore?
A type of consumer that eats both meat and plants
What's a food chain?
a single pathway in which energy and nutrients are passed between living organisms
Who is the consumer?
1. grass
2. rabbit
3. wolf
4. rabbit and wolf
4. rabbit and wolf
A diagram that shows the transfer of energy with a single pathway is called ________________
a food chain
A type of consumer that eats primary consumers is called ____________.
secondary consumer
An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms is called a __________.
consumer
Which has arrows that represent energy transfer?
1. food chain
2. food web
3. neither
4. both
4. both - food chain and a food web
In what direction are the arrows pointing in a food web/food chain?
The direction the energy is flowing. The arrow is pointed towards which thing is doing the eating.
What is a food chain?
A diagram that shows the transfer of energy with a single pathway
What is a secondary consumer?
A type of consumer that eats primary consumers
What's a consumer?
An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms
Which has energy that is greatest at the bottom?
1. food chain
2. food web
3. neither
4. both
4. both - food chain and a food web
On a food web, if two arrows are coming from one organism, what does that mean?
That organism is providing energy for both of the organisms that the arrows are pointed to.
A type of consumer that eats only meat is called a __________
carnivore
What's a carnivore?
A type of consumer that eats only meat
Of the following, which is the correct sequence for the flow of energy in a food chain?
1. consumers, decomposers, producers
2. producers, consumers, decomposers
3. consumers, producers, decomposers
4. decomposers, producers, consumers
2. producers, consumers, decomposers
Which has multiple pathways?
1. food chain
2. food web
3. neither
4. both
food web
Which is a network of food chains?
1. food chain
2. food web
3. neither
4. both
food web