What are you eating?
Where do producers get the energy they need to make their own food?
sun/sunlight
What is an example of a carbohydrate?
sucrose, fructose, glucose
What is a food chain?
a model that shows how organisms depend on the next as a source of food. one straight line.
An organism that eats meat is called what?
carnivore
Where does the energy for almost all life on earth come from?
The sun
What is a consumer?
an organism that eats another organism
What is an herbivore?
an organism that only eats plants
Name two human activities that disrupt ecosystems...
some examples are: deforestation, agriculture, urbanization, controlled forest fires, overhunting, overfishing, overpopulation
Put the following organisms in a food chain:
dolphin, shrimp, algae, shark
producer: algae
shrimp -> dolphin -> shark
____ use the process of photosynthesis to make food using energy from sun.
Producers
What is ONE thing animals use food for?
Body repair
Growth
Motion
Warmth
break down dead, organic materials
Name two natural events that can disrupt an ecosystem...
volcanic eruption, earthquake, hurricane, tornado, fire, drought, flood
According to the food web, which organism would increase if the snake population decreases?
mouse
Is "tropical rain forest" a an ecosystem?
yes
The process in which plants use sunlight to make glucose is known as what?
photosynthesis
What is an ecosystem?
a community of organisms and a physical environment that interact.
True or False:
Plants can not grow without soil.
False- hydroponics
According to the food web, which organisms are herbivores?
grasshopper, mouse, chicken
Tell me a food chain with four organisms in it..
Answers vary
When food is converted into energy, this process is known as what?
metabolism
Name four examples of ecosystems..
What is a food web?
a model that shows how multiple food chains interconnect to represent how organisms depend on each other as a source of food
Fill in the food chain
sun -> producer -> consumer -> scavenger -> _____
decomposer
How does deforestation affect an ecosystem?
Cutting down trees takes away homes for many organisms. These organisms then need to find a new home and disrupt whichever habitat they move to.