What gives the producers energy?
The Sun
What do consumers eat that gives me energy?
Producers
What is a decomposer?
an organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that decomposes organic material
What kinds of animals do the Marine food webs include?
Aquatic animals
What kinds of animals does the terrestrials food web include?
The animals that live on land.
Name one Aquatic producer.
Algea and phytoplankton
What is a heterotroph?
An organism that cannot manufacture its own food
How do decomposers get their energy?
by breaking down dead organisms and animal wastes
What do the arrows in a food chain or food web indicate?
Flow of energy
In this food web what is the producer?
The tree
Name a terrestrial producer.
Any kind of plant
Can a consumer occupy more than one level in a food web?
Yes,both the mouse and the owl are examples of a consumer that occupies more than one level in the food web.
What do fungi eat?
any organic matter (dead or alive)
In this Marine food web what animals is the primary consumer?
The Zooplankton
In this Terrestrial Food web, what is the secondary consumer?
The frog!
What is photosynthesis?
the process by which green plants and some other organisms use sunlight to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water.
Name a consumer.
Insect,mouse,shrew,deer,rabbit,cougar,and snake
What do scavangers and decomposers do?
Decomposers and scavengers break down dead plants and animals.
Who are the decomposers?
The bacteria and virus
What is a terrestrial environment?
A terrestrial ecosystem is a type of ecosystem found only on biomes.
Can producers in the ocean live under 1000 meters or on the ocean bottom? Explain.
No, sunlight only reaches to about 1,000 meter and producers need sunlight to survive so they cannot live under 1,000 metters.
What is a primary consumer
A primary consumer is the animal that eats the producer
Are there harmful decomposers?
Yes, bacteria is a harmful decomposer that can cause people to be sick and to need to take antibiotics.
What are the three types of consumers?
herbivores, carnivores, omnivores
What is a food web?
It is an interlinking of several food chains.