Energy in food can be traced back to the sun
What do living things need constant supply of?
water and Energy
What do all living things need?
Food and water
What is the top of the food chain called?
An apex predator
What group of consumers that are often not shown in food webs?
Decomposers
What provides energy for the food web
The sun
What are the most common producers?
plants
What is the top of the savannah food web?
A lion
Who are the most common decomposers?
bacteria and fungi
What groups of animal receive plants energy by eating them?
primary consumers
Animals are called what because they do not make their own food?
consumers
Name 1 or 2 of a zebras favorite things to eat (be specific don´t say plants)?
Leaves (from trees) and Grass
Why are nutrients very important to continue the cycle?
The nutrients will be added to soil
What makes up transfer energy from one organism to another?
Food chains
Food chains start with what makes their own food?
producers
Name 3 or 4 thing that lions like to eat (be specific)?
spotted hyena, zebra, cheetah, and ox
Name 2 or 3 of the decomposers that help break down dead things?
Slugs, earthworms, millipedes, centipedes, bacteria and fungi
The energy from the primary consumer is transferred to what ?
the secondary consumer
A food chain typically has how many steps?
4 or 3 (usually 4 at the most)
What does it mean to be at the top of the food web (be specific)?
They are not eaten by any other type of animal
Without decomposers what would happen in the food web (be specific there are 2 answers)?
nutrients would not get recycled and we would have dead material piled up everywhere.