Vocabulary
Food Chain
Food Web
Ecosystem
Miscellaneous
100
A living thing that hunts other living things.
What is a predator
100
Grass-->Grasshopper-->Bird-->Hawk What is the producer in this food chain?
What is the grass
100
In a food web the arrow points to the ________
What is the eater
100
List three examples of a producer.
grass, trees, nuts, plants, etc.
100

A plant makes its own food.  What is this process called?

photosynthesis

200
an animal that eats only plants.
What is a herbivore
200
Grass-->Bird-->Grasshopper-->Hawk What is wrong with this food chain?
What is the bird and grasshopper are backwards
200
The arrow from a rabbit points to a mountain lion and a snake. What does that mean?
That snakes and mountain lions will eat the rabbit.
200
List three examples of a consumer
rabbits, lions, humans, snakes, etc.
200

What is the function of the roots on a plant?

to absorb water and take in nutrients

300
the path of energy in food from one organism to another.
What is a food chain
300
Grass-->mouse-->snake-->Hawk-->Mountain Lion Which consumer is the tertiary consumer
What is the hawk
300
What would be affected in a food web if all of the producers(grass, trees, etc.) suddenly disappeared?
Everything would be affected.
300
What eats dead plants and animals.
What is a decomposer
300

Energy that comes from the sun is called

solar energy

400
The original source of energy in an ecosystem
What is the Sun
400
Grass--->Mouse--->Snake--->Hawk The snake is considered a _____ because it eats a mouse and not grass.
What is a carnivore
400
A mountain lion eats rabbits, deer, and hawk. What would happen if the rabbits and hawks were hunted to extinction?
The lion would hunt more deer.
400
An animal that is hunted is known as
What is prey
400

True or false Cows are considered a consumer.

True

500
The overlapping food chains in a community. Shows how organisms interact.
What is a food web
500
Create a Food chain that makes sense. Must contain a producer and 3 consumers.
What is various.
500
A mountain lion eats rabbits, deer, and hawk. What would happen if the mountain lion was hunted to extinction?
There would be more rabbits, deer, and hawks.
500
A small fish will eat other smaller fish, or algae from a lake. It is known as an ___
What is an omnivore
500

The process of photosynthesis uses what 4 ingredients?

Sun, water, air (carbon dioxide) and chlorophyll

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