Definitions
What is a herbivore?
Eats only plants
Where do the producers get their energy from?
the sun!
All food webs start with
producers
A carnivore that hunts other animals
predator
Where does all the energy in a food chain and food web come from?
THE SUN
What is a carnivore?
Eats only meat
All animals are producers or consumers?
consumers
What do the arrows in a food web and food chain represent?
The flow of energy
Which type of organism is a fungus?
Decomposer
All living things need food to give you_____________?
energy
What is an omnivore?
Eats meat and plants
What are the four types of consumers?
decomposers
omnivores
carnivores
herbivores
What type of living thing would be found at the TOP of a food web?
What is a predator - or an omnivore/ carnivore
Consider this food chain: acorns=> squirrels=> hawks. Which of these is the producer?
acorns
What do all of these living things have in common? deer, rabbit, squirrel
Herbivores
What is a predator?
an animal that eats other animals
A consumer may be an ___________, a __________, or a ___________
an omnivore, a herbivore, or a carnivore
A food web is like a spider web, all things are connected...What happens when a part of it is pulled out or broken?
it falls apart
Who are Ms. Gonzalez's favorite singers? (TWO)
ARIANA AND TAYLOR
Define food chain
the path by which energy passes from one living thing to another
What is a prey?
an animal that gets hunted, caught, and eaten by another animal
Consider this food chain: acorns=> squirrels=> hawks. Which of these is the consumer?
squirrel AND hawk
What is a food web?
A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem
What is the difference between a decomposer and scavenger?
scavengers eat dead animals for energy and decomposers get energy by breaking down the remains of dead organisms
state a food chain with at least four components
correct--------incorrect