Vocabulary
A living thing that hunts other living things.
What is a predator
Grass-->Grasshopper-->Bird-->Hawk What is the producer in this food chain?
What is the grass
In a food web the arrows show ________
What is energy
List three examples of a producer.
grass, trees, nuts, plants, etc.
Decomposers include trees, mushrooms, and earthworms.
False
an animal that eats only plants.
What is a herbivore
Grass-->Bird-->Grasshopper-->Hawk What is wrong with this food chain?
What is the bird and grasshopper are backwards
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.
List three examples of a consumer
rabbits, lions, humans, snakes, etc.
Decomposers are important to the ecosystem because they recycle nutrients and restart the food chain.
True
the path of energy from one organism to another.
What is a food chain
Grass-->mouse-->snake-->Hawk-->Mountain Lion Which consumer is the 3rd level consumer?
What is the hawk
What would be affected in a food web if all of the producers(grass, trees, etc.) suddenly disappeared?
Everything would be affected. We couldn't survive without producers.
What animal eats dead plants and animals.
What is a scavenger
Light given off by the sun is energy.
True
The original source of energy in an ecosystem
What is the Sun
Grass--->Mouse--->Snake--->Hawk The snake is considered a _____ because it eats a mouse and not grass.
Hint: the word ends with 'vore'
What is a carnivore
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.
An animal that is hunted is known as
What is prey
Cows are considered a consumer.
True
The overlapping food chains in a community. Shows how organisms interact.
What is a food web
Create a Food chain that makes sense. Must contain a producer and 3 consumers.
What is various.
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.
A consumer that eats plants and other animals
Hint: the word ends with 'vore'
What is an omnivore
All energy on Earth begins with plants.
False