Food chain
The name of the first organism that eats plants, or producers, is called?
Primary consumers
What is the difference between food web and a food chain
Food chains show one feeding relationship & food web shows all of them
whats on the first layer of the food pyramid
producers
What do decomposers do in the first place
Break down dead stuff and make nutrients for the soil
True or false: animals are consumers.
True
How do you tell a food web and a food chain
A food chain is a straight line and a food web has branching areas and lots of sources of food.
How should you layer your organisms when making a food web?
First producers, then primary consumers, and then everything else (secondary, tertiary...)
Which level in an energy pyramid would have the most amount of available energy and the most amount of organisms?
What decomposes their food
DECOMPOSERS!!
Name a consumer other than humans or bears.
What is on the top of the food chain
The predator that doesn't get eaten by anything else.
How do food webs show a more complete image of an ecosystem?
They show how there are multiple food sources and relationships for each organism
True or false: Food pyramids are for many ecosystems at once.
False
What are 3 decomposers, other than fungi, bacteria and worms
Maggots, Pill bug (roly poly), centipedes
True or false: animals make energy
False
The flow of energy
What happens if you take out a producer inside of a food web?
The web would fall apart because of not much food at the base.
Who invented the food pyramid
The United States Department of Agriculture
Worms 🪱
What are 3 types of consumers
Primary, Secondary, Tertiary
Where should the arrow be going
From the thing that is being eaten to the thing eating it.
What is the name for the effect of taking out a top predator in a food web
Trophic cascade
Are there any things in a food pyramid like there are in a food web
No, not exactly
True or False: Decomposers bring nutrients back into the soil for plants to use.
True
Animals that eat producers are?
Primary Consumers