Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Food Chain
Energy Pyramid
Miscellaneous
100
Plants and animals work together, or ________ with the environment to get what they need to live.
Interact
100
This kind of animal eats meat only.
Carnivore
100
Is a strawberry a producer or consumer?
Producer
100
Very few animals are at the ______ of an energy pyramid.
top
100
Food webs are made up of many overlapping __________.
Food chains
200
This living thing makes its own food.
Producer
200
This shows the path of how energy moves from one living thing to another.
Food Chain
200
Which would come first in a food chain: bird, grass, worm, or fox?
grass
200
Most of the energy is at the ___________ of the pyramid.
bottom
200
Which is not a consumer: snake, hawk, bear, or flower?
flower
300
This living thing must get its food from other animals or plants.
Consumer
300
This kind of animal eats only plants.
Herbivore
300
Name three decomposers.
Mushroom, earthworm, bacteria
300
What level would a rabbit be on the pyramid?
Second level; a rabbit eats plants.
300
Would a frog be a predator, prey, or both? Explain.
It would be both because it both hunts for food and is hunted.
400
What is an animal that eats both plants and meat?
Omnivore
400
____________ shows how food chains overlap.
A food web
400
What is a prey? Give an example.
An animal that is hunted by other animals. For example, rabbit, deer, mouse, etc.
400
Give an example of an animal that would be in the third level of the pyramid.
Frog, fox, fish, etc. Any animal that eats another animal, but is also eaten itself
400
How does a porcupine defend itself against predators?
Quills
500
A living thing that feeds off the dead or the waste of other animals is a ____________.
Decomposer
500
This model shows the amount of usable energy in an ecosystem. Energy becomes less for each higher animal in the food chain.
Energy pyramid
500
An animal that hunts other animals is a ___________.
Predator
500
How many levels are in the energy pyramid?
4
500
How does a zebra protect itself from predators?
By standing in large groups. Their stripes make it hard for a predator to pick just one zebra out.
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