Vocabulary
Food Chain/Web
Energy Pyramid
Symbiosis
Anything Goes
100
All food chains begin with this organism.
What is a producer.
100
Where do producers get their energy?
What is the sun.
100
The bottom level of the energy pyramid contains ______.
What are producers.
100
This means "living together".
What is symbiosis.
100
What is the difference between a scavenger and a predator?
What is a scavenger eats the remains of dead organisms and a predator eats living organisms.
200
A producer is eaten by this.
What is a consumer.
200
This organism comes last in a food chain.
What is a decomposer.
200
This organism eats the producers.
What is the primary consumer.
200
A type of symbiosis where both organisms benefit.
What is mutualism.
200
Why do tertiary consumers eat a lot of food?
What is because most of the energy is lost as it moves up the pyramid.
300
This organism eats other animals.
What is a predator.
300
Of the following, which organism is the producer? A. mouse B. wolf C. grass D. rabbit
What is C-grass.
300
The primary consumer is eaten by the _______.
What is secondary consumer.
300
A type of symbiosis where one organism benefits and the other is harmed.
What is parasitism.
300
Give an example of mutualism.
What is - dog/human, honeyguide/badger bee/flower lichen legumes.
400
A _______ eats the remains of dead animals.
What is a scavenger.
400
The arrows in a food chain or food web show _______.
What is how the energy flows.
400
How much energy is lost at each level as you move up the energy pyramid?
What is 10%.
400
One organism benefits, nothing happens to the other in ________________.
What is commensalism.
400
Why is the shark/remora relationship considered commensalism?
What is because the remora gets a ride, and nothing really happens to the shark.
500
This organism is a recycler; it recycles reusuable resurces to be used by producers. It is also last in a food chain.
What is a decomposer.
500
What does a food web show?
What is the interconnected relationships of food chains and the energy flow within an ecosystem.
500
This organism eats the secondary consumer.
What is a tertiary consumer.
500
An alligator and plover is an example of ___________.
What is mutualism.
500
Does a scavenger eat prey? Why or why not?
What is no because a scavenger eats the remains of dead organisms and prey is living.
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