Dinner Time
The Flow of Energy
General
100
Animals that hunt for other animals are called this.
What is a predator?
100
This is the name for a series of organisms. It shows how living things get food and energy.
What is a food chain?
100
Sun - grass - mouse - snake - owl In the food chain above, this animal is both a predator AND a prey.
What is a snake?
200
Animals that get eaten by other animals are called this.
What is prey?
200
This is the start of energy in a food chain; usually the sun.
What is the source?
200
When an animal blends in with its surroundings to hide from a predator.
What is camouflage?
300
An animal that ONLY eats plants is called this.
What is an herbivore?
300
In a food chain, plants are called this, because they make their own food.
What is a producer?
300
When a fox and an eagle are both chasing after the same prey, the fox and the eagle are doing this.
What is competing for food?
400
Animals that only eat meat are considered to be this.
What is a carnivore?
400
In a food chain, ALL animals are called this, because they have to find their food.
What is a consumer?
400
A place/climate where a specific food chain takes place.
What is an ecosystem?
500
Animals that eat both plants and animals are considered to be this.
What is an omnivore?
500
This part of a food chain breaks down dead plants and animals, and adds nutrients back into the earth.
What is a decomposer?
500
Sun - seaweed - shrimp - fish - seal If the shrimp all died, the population of fish would most likely do this. (Increase/decrease/stay the same?)
What is decrease?
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