What is Ecology
Consumers
Producers, Consumers, Or Decomposers
Food Chain
Food Web
100

A group of similar organisms that can breed and create offspring. (Ecosystem- Species- Biome- Population- Community)

Species

100

How can you describe an organisms that only eats plants?

Herbivore

100

People are part of food chains. What is the role of a person in a food chain?

Consumer

100
What do the arrows in the food chain represent?
The passing of energy from one organism to another
100
What role does the sun have in the food web?
The sun gives energy to plants so they can complete photosynthesis
200

A group of individuals of the same species that live in the same area (Ecosystem- Species- Biome- Population- Community)

Population 

200

A consumer that eats both plants and animals is called what?

An omnivore

200

Amy is planting tomatoes and carrots in her garden. She notices that small insects like to eat her tomatoes and carrots just like she does. Amy and the small insects are both examples of what?

Consumers

200
In the food chain Sun → Grass → Grasshopper → Bird which animal would be most directly affected if a forest fire burned all the grass away.
Grasshopper
200
After the sun, what type of organisms will start a food web?
Producer
300

Different populations that live together in a defined area (Ecosystem- Species- Biome- Population- Community)

Community

300

Another name for consumers (not herbivore or carnivore)

Heterotrophs

300

What would a mushroom would be classified as?

Decomposer

300
In the food chain Grass → Zebra → Lion what would happen to the lion if the zebra population decreased?
The lion population would decrease
300
If there was a fire in the forest which type of organisms (producer, consumer, decomposer) would be affected first?
Producer
400

All the organisms that live in a place together with their environment. (Ecosystem- Species- Biome- Population- Community)

Ecosystem

400

Primary consumers are dependent on what to get energy?

producers

400

Which would be an example of a primary consumer? A fox, a plant, or a caterpillar?

Caterpillar

400
In the food chain Grass → Mouse → Snake → Owl what would happen to the mice population if the snake population decrease?
The mice population would increase
400
In a swamp, rabbits eat marsh grass. Bobcats eat rabbits. Identity the predator and prey and this scenario.
Predator: Bobcat Prey: Rabbit
500

A group of ecosystems that share similar climates and organisms (Ecosystem- Species- Biome- Population- Community)

Biome

500

How does a secondary consumer depend on a producer?

A secondary consumer will eat a primary consumer which is dependent on a producer for energy.

500

Liliana takes a nature walk. On her walk she notices ladybugs, earthworms, maples trees, rabbits, wasps, centipedes, grass, opossums, flies, slugs, blueberry bushes, raccoons, and caterpillars. Correctly identify the producers that she sees.

Maples Trees, Grass, Blueberry bushes

500
In the food chain Tree → Deer →Mountain Lion what would be the result if the tree population decreased due to a forest fire?
The deer and mountain lion populations would decrease
500
List an abiotic factor in a desert ecosystem
Sand, wind, rocks, etc.
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