Vocabulary 1
When plants and animals affect one another or the environment to meet their needs
interact
an animal that hunts another animal for food
predator
What is the producer in the food chain below?
plant - slug - turtle
plant
Name 2 prey in the food chain below
plant - dragonfly - fish - bird
dragonfly and fish
Why do plants and animals interact with the environment
to get the things they need to live
a living thing that breaks down the wastes of living things
decomposer
a living thing that makes its own food
producer
What is the top level consumer in this food chain?
seaweed - crab - sea turtle
sea turtle
Fill in the blank: Many overlapping ____ _____ make up a _____ _______.
food chains; food webs
Which is a producer?
flower, bee, hawk
flower
a diagram that shows the amount of useable energy in an ecosystem is less for each higher animal in the food chain
energy pyramid
a model that shows how food chains overlap (more than one food chain)
food web
What is the bottom level consumer in the food chain below?
grass - grasshopper - frog - snake - owl
grasshopper
Name 2 predators from the food chain below
seaweed - shrimp - lantern fish - mackerel
lantern fish and mackerel
Where do producers get their energy?
the sun
consumer
the animal that is hunted
prey
In an energy pyramid, are there more producers or consumers?
producers
What can food webs show that food chains canNOT show?
consumers that are omnivores
Which one is a consumer?
tree, grass, insect
insect
shows the path of energy from one living thing to another (only shows one thing an organism eats)
food chain
any living thing (starts with an 'o')
organism
The higher in the pyramid an animal is, the (more or less) of that animal there are?
less
What is the relationship between the tuna and the squid in the food chain below?
plankton - shrimp - sunfish - squid - tuna - shark
The tuna is the predator and the squid is the prey
How do consumers get food and energy?
from their food