Consumers
An organism that only eats plants
Herbivore
A producer is...
The source of all energy
the Sun
If an organism has 2 arrows pointing to it, how many organisms does it eat?
2
Mice eats grass and grasshoppers. If the grasshoppers die, what will happen to the ecosystem?
There would be more grass initially, but the mouse will still survive because it also eats grass.
An organism that eats plants and animals
Omnivore
Things a plant needs to survive
sunlight, water, carbon dioxide
True or false: Consumers -> Producers -> Sun.
FALSE
If an organism has 4 arrows pointing away from it, and 2 arrows pointing to it, how many organisms eat it?
4
Sharks are at the top of the food chain. If the sharks die off, what happens to the ecosystem?
There would be an overpopulation of what the shark consumes
A zebra is...
A lion is...
Herbivore and carnivore
Oxygen
Show me a food chain that has fish, seagull, seaweed
sun > seaweed > fish > seagull
Food web
A species that is not native to the ecosystem comes in and takes over
invasive species
A mushroom is...
Decomposer
The food (sugar) that plants release is called...
Glucose
Show me a food chain with cat, mouse, plant seeds, vulture. Then label all of the organisms based on what they eat here (C, O, H, P)
sun > plant seeds > mouse > cat > vulture
plant seeds - P
mouse - H
cat - C
vulture - C or S
True or False: One of the highest carnivores in a food web can be both a secondary and a tertiary consumer at the same time
TRUE
There were only producers that were trapped in glass bottles outside, and then the producers eventually died. What caused their death?
No water or carbon dioxide
List the secondary consumers in this food web
Fox, frog, vole, thrush
The process that plants go through to make their own food...
Photosynthesis
Name this level consumer.
producer -> consumer -> consumer -> ___________
Tertiary Consumer
Show me a food web where:
rabbit eats grass
grasshopper eats grass
mouse eats grasshopper
owl eats rabbit and mouse
grass > grasshopper > mouse
v v
rabbit -------------------> owl
A wildfire burned its way through an ecosystem. It destroyed all of the producers. Will there be an ecosystem left over?
All of the consumers will die. The ecosystem will not survive.