Food Chain
a living thing that eats meat
Which is bigger a food web or a food chain
An example of an extinct animal is?
dinosaur
What is a decomposer
live on the remains of other living things, break down dead organisms
What is a Producer
What is a food web?
shows how plants and animals are connected in many ways, many food chains in one picture
Describe extinction?
when every single member of a species dies
what is an omnivore
eats plants and animals
What are the 3 levels of a food chain?
Producers, Consumers, and Decomposers
Can an animal be both a predator and prey? Describe
yes, for example a fox eats a rabbit (the fox is a predator), but a hawk eats a fox (the fox is the prey)
Name 4 ways animals become extinct
climate change
pollution
hunting and capturing aniimals
exploiting resources
changing habitats
releasing pets into the wild
What is the first part of a food chain before plants and animals?
the sun
There are 3 parts to a consumer what are they?
Primary consumer
secondary consumer
tertiary consumer
What is photosynthesis
when plants use energy from sunlight to make food
Name the two endangered species we learned about today
Iberian Lynx
Iberian Imperial Eagle
what is climate change?
when the normal climate changes to extreme measures
ex. extremely hot or cold
hurricane, tsunamis
Describe primary, secondary and tertiary
ØPrimary consumers- such as rabbits and grasshoppers, eat producers. Herbivores and omnivores are primary consumers.
Secondary Consumers-foxes and toads,are predators that eat primary consumers. Carnivores and Omnivores are secondary consumers an animal can be both predator and prey!)
Tertiary Consumers- Snakes and hawks, eat secondary consumers
What is wrong with this food web?
the arrows!
Name the 2 National Parks we learned in Spain today
Monfrague National Park
Doñana National Park
an example of exploiting resources?
mining
deforestation (cutting down trees)
oil depletion