The primary consumers in this food web.
Cricket, Mouse, Rabbit, Deer
State two (2) functions of the leaves.
1) Take in air and sunlight.
2) Create food for the plant.
Bacteria and mushrooms are a form of a ___________
Decomposer
make a food chain with the following: mouse, snake, seeds, hawk
seeds -> mouse -> snake -> hawk
List organisms that would go into each level of the food chain.
Examples:
Producers - flowers, trees, grass
Herbivores - deer, rabbit, cow, goat, grasshopper
Carnviores - snake, bird, fox, coyote
Apex Predator - lion, bear, hawk, cheetah
State two (2) ways roots help the plants.
1) They absorb water and minerals from the soil.
2) They help the plant to stay firm.
What is the role of the decomposer in an ecosystem?
Break down dead organisms.
What are consumers that eat both plants and meat?
Herbivores
If all the producers where removed from the ecosystem what would happen to the consumers?
Consumers would die
The three (3) things a plant needs to survive.
Water, Sunlight, Carbon Dioxide
Examples of decomposers
Mushrooms; Earthworms; Mold; Bacteria
This if found at each level of the organism and breaks down dead or decaying plant and animal material.
Decomposer
make a food web with the following: gazelle, bugs, grass, meerkat, lion
The two (2) materials that a plant releases after photosynthesis.
Oxygen and Sugar (food)
What role do earthworms play in the ecosystem?
They are decomposers.
Process of how plants make their food.
Photosynthesis
Organism that can be BOTH a Secondary Consumer AND a Tertiary Consumer in this Food Web.
Owl or Hawk
What do plants take in and what do they release?
1. Carbon Dioxide
2. Water
3. Sugar (food)
4. Oxygen
How might an ecosystem change if all the decomposers disappeared or were removed?
Matter would not be recycled within the ecosystem and would be full of dead organisms that would never disappear.
What's the order in which water moves through the tree’s parts?
1) Roots
2) Trunk/Stem
3) Branches
4) Leaves