Vocabulary
What do we call an organism that makes its own food?
Producer / Autotroph
A rabbit eats grass. What type of consumer is the rabbit?
Herbivore
What does a food chain show?
One path that energy takes through an ecosystem.
A food web is made up of many connected ________.
Food chains
What is the original source of energy for most ecosystems?
The Sun
What do we call an organism that gets energy by eating other organisms?
Consumer / Heterotroph
A lion eats other animals. What type of consumer is the lion?
Carnivore
In Grass → Rabbit → Fox, which organism is the producer?
Grass
Which shows MORE feeding relationships: a food chain or a food web?
Food web
What process allows plants to use sunlight to make their own food?
Photosynthesis
What is the green pigment in plants that captures light energy?
Chlorophyll
A bear eats berries, plants, insects, and fish. What type of consumer is the bear?
Omnivore
In Grass → Grasshopper → Frog → Snake, which organism gets energy from the grasshopper?
Frog
What do the arrows in a food web represent?
The direction energy moves/is transferred.
Which organisms bring energy from the Sun into a food chain?
Producers
What organism breaks down dead organisms and wastes?
Decomposer
A vulture feeds on the remains of a dead animal. What type of consumer is it?
Scavenger
Put these in the correct order: Hawk, Grass, Mouse, Snake.
Grass → Mouse → Snake → Hawk
If the rabbit population decreases, what might happen to foxes that eat rabbits?
The fox population could decrease because less food is available.
Put these in the correct order to show energy movement: Fox, Sun, Grass, Rabbit.
Sun → Grass → Rabbit → Fox
What is the difference between an autotroph and a heterotroph?
An autotroph makes its own food; a heterotroph gets energy by consuming other organisms.
Mushrooms break down dead organisms. What role do they have?
Decomposer
A fox eats a rabbit. Which direction should the arrow point?
Rabbit → Fox
Why does a food web represent an ecosystem better than a single food chain?
It shows the many connected feeding relationships/energy paths in an ecosystem.
Explain how energy from the Sun can eventually reach a hawk.
A producer captures sunlight, another organism eats the producer, and the hawk gets energy by eating that organism. Example: Sun → Grass → Mouse → Hawk.