Producers and Consumers
Food webs and Chains
Habitat
Population
Random facts
100
what consumer eats off of acacia trees
acacia ants
100
What is at the beginning of a food chain
grass or plants
100
What kind of temp is it in a tropical savanna?
Hot at some points of the year and moist at other points
100
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Are savanna populations large, medium, or small?
100
True or False in a tropical savanna the trees are tight together?
False they are widely spread
200
Is it possible for a plant to be a consumer?
No because plants are producers unlike animals which are consumers
200
True or False in a food web a lion would consume a zebra and antelope but the zebra and antelope would eat the plants or grass?
True because Lions are the main consumers
200
What season does it rain the most in a tropical savanna?
summer
200
What kind of consumers are in a tropical savanna?
Omnivores, Carnivores, and Herbivores
200
What ecosystem is a tropical savanna part of?
grasslands
300
Besides grass name another producer in a tropical savanna?
Tree or shrub
300
Besides Grass or plants name something else that is normally at the bottom of a food chain or web?
Ant, Rat, Locust, etc......
300
In savannas it can get really hot. When it gets really hot what gets formed by trees and heat
fires
300
Tropical savannas cover how much of Australia's land?
Less than 1%
300
In a tropical savanna a single species of ______ or ______ is usually dominate over one area
grass or tree/plant
400
True or False except for Humans ELephants are at the top of a food chain or web?
False Lions or big cats are
400
What animal can consume a wildebeest and a giraffe?
Lion
400
On avg how much rainfall does a tropical savanna get in a year
40 to 60 inches
400
Who is the main threat in tropical savannas?
Humans
400
In the eastern and central part of what two continents are savannas normally found?
Africa and Australia
500
Is it a fierce competition for getting food in a tropical savanna?
No because of its large population
500
What is the name of the job of an animal that cleans up the left over bits for the first and second consumers?
Scavenger
500
Between what 3 months will their be no rain at all in a tropical savanna?(hint it is in the colder months for wisconsin)
Dec to Feb
500
How long is a tropical savanna's grass around during the year?
during the dry season it dies out after awhile without water but in the winter when it is moist it stays around longer
500
When too many cattle have been grazed on a savanna it is called what?
overgrazing
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