Producers
Plants and algae use energy from the sunlight to make their own food. They are called ________.
Producers
What are the three types of consumers?
herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore
What is the start of every food chain and food web?
sun
Living things that break down animal skins, tree trunks, and other decaying materials.
decomposers
Why are plants green? What gives them their color?
Chlorophyll
What are three examples of producers?
Miss Melby decides 🙄
Living things that get their energy from eating plants and animals because they cannot make their own energy
consumers
Why is a producer always the first ORGANISM in a food chain?
It is the only thing that makes its own energy from the sun.
A process that combines MANY food chains to show how energy spreads through an ecosystem
food web
What is the difference between producers and consumers?
Producers make their own energy. Consumers eat producers because they cannot make their own energy.
Where is chlorophyll found in producers?
(petals, stem, leaves, roots, etc)
mostly leaves and stems
An animal that eats grass, berries, and corn would be categorized as what kind of consumer?
herbivore
In a food chain, what is being passed on from one organism to another?
energy
Process by which energy passes from one living thing to another
food chain
Is a decomposer a producer or consumer?
consumer
When plants go through photosynthesis, what are they creating that gives them energy?
Sugar
An hawk who hunts and eats small rodents, frogs, and small birds is what kind of consumer?
carnivore
Is this an example of a food chain or food web? Why?
sun -> butterfly -> frog -> snake -> eagle
The process by which plants make food by using energy from sunlight
Photosynthesis
How do decomposers help the environment by eating decaying organisms?
They release nutrients into the soil
What are the three things that plants need to survive?
sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
A fox eats rabbits, rodents, birds, berries, and fruit. What kind of consumer is a fox?
omnivore
What is the difference between a food web and a food chain?
A food web is one chain of events. A food web is many ways that energy can be passed down to many animals.
The green material in plants that absorbs sunlight, which the plant uses to make food
chlorophyll
Vultures are carnivores that eat meat, but don't hunt. They eat meat that they find. What is this type of carnivore called?
Scavenger