Give me an example of a producer.
Plant, tree, flower...
What is the producer in this food chain?
Green plant/tree
Which organisms in this image would be consumers?
The rabbit and the wolf.
Where does a producer get its energy?
Energy from the Sun
Draw a producer...with your eyes closed!
Drawing a plant or flower
What is the difference between a predator and prey?
The predator is the hunter and eats the prey.
Name 3 consumers in this food web
Lion
Jackal
Goat
Name two animals that are the prey of the hawk.
Owl and Snake
Mr. T Says "Decomposer"
Breaks down dead waste
Draw a consumer
Drawing any organism that needs to eat to survive.
True or False
An omnivore is an animal that only eats meat.
False (Omnivores eat both plants and meat)
How does the energy/matter from the green plant eventually become matter in the body of the lion?
Goat eats the tree, the lion eats the goat.
Name at least 2 ways that animals/humans use food matter.
1. Growth (muscles, new skin, bone, blood)
2. Energy (movement)
3. Waste (Poo)
How does an omnivore get its energy?
Eats both plants and animals.
Draw a Herbivore...with your eyes closed!
Rabbit or deer, an animal that eats only plants.
True or False
A consumer gets its energy directly from the sun.
False. Consumers have to eat other organisms to live.
Which animal in this food web would be an omnivore?
The rabbit...eats the tree and the mouse.
Give an example of a predator and prey relationship in this food web.
Lion and Fox
Fox and Goat
What is the difference between Biotic and Abiotic
Biotic is a living organism (plant or animal)
Abiotic is a non living factor (rock, soil)
Draw a carnivore
Lion or any animal that eats only meat.
What is the process called where plants make their own food?
Photosynthesis
What would happen to the owl population if the mouse was removed? Would it increase or decrease?
The owl population would decrease because their food source was removed.
What would happen to this ecosystem if we removed the plant? why?
The rabbit would die, which would cause the wolf to die. The mushrooms would not have any organisms left to breakdown.
What is it called when an organism is non-native and causes harm to an ecosystem?
Invasive Species.
Draw a food chain using the following organisms.
Rabbit
Sun
Mushroom
Fox
Grass
Sun, Grass, Rabbit, Fox, Mushroom