Energy
Food
Food Chains
Food Webs
Review
100
Energy for a food web starts with what?
The Sun
100
Animals that eat ONLY plants are called_________
Herbivores
100
Create a food chain using these organisms
Toad, plants, insects, Bird
Plants --> Insect--> toad--> bird
100
This is a group of many connected food chains showing how energy moves through an ecosystem.
Food Web
100
make a food chain with the following: -mouse -snake -seeds -hawk
What is seeds --> mouse --> snake --> hawk
200
Energy flows from a producer to?
1st Level Consumer (Primary Consumer)
200
Animals that eat ONLY other consumers
carnivores
200
A food chain ALWAYS begins with__________
producer
200
If a predator population increases, the population of its prey will most likely do this.
Decrease
200
Something that shows how ALL the animals in a COMMUNITY get their energy (food)
food web
300
Plants make energy by?
Photosynthesis
300
Animals that eat BOTH producers/consumers
omnivores
300
The thing that eats the producer is called the ___________
Have to use 2 terms
Primary consumer/herbivores/1st Level Consumer
300
In a forest food web: grass → mouse → snake → hawk, this organism is the top predator.
Hawk
300
In a food chain: grass → grasshopper → frog → snake → hawk, what would most likely happen to the frog population if the grasshopper population decreased significantly?
Frog population would decrease
400
The Energy is passed up the food chain?
10%
400
A carnivore that hunts other animals is a
predator
400
This type of organism breaks down dead plants and animals and returns nutrients to the soil.
Decomposer
400
In a food web, this type of organism can belong to more than one trophic level.
Omnivore
400
Why do food webs show a more accurate picture of ecosystems than food chains?
Multiple Food Chains
500
The arrows in a food web/chain?
Flow of Energy
500
What are the 2 things need for photosynthesis?
Needed: water, CO2
Make: Glucose and Oxygen
500
This shows how energy moves from one organism to another in a simple line.
Food Chain
500
Which organism is the secondary consumer?
Rabbit, Snake, or Lizard
500
In a pond ecosystem: algae → zooplankton → small fish → large fish → heron, which organism is the secondary consumer?
small fish