Guess that Definition
Any living thing
Organism
A tick living feeding off a dog
Parasitism
Which direction will the arrow point: A food web shows that a rattlesnake eats a woodrat.
The arrow will point to the rattlesnake because it follows the energy flow.
Eat other organisms
Consumers
True
Photosynthesis
Mutualism
Where do producers get their energy?
The Sun.
Make their own food
Producers
What can humans do to negatively impact an ecosystem? (Lots of possible answers)
(Many possible answers including pollute, overhunt, and destroy habitats)
An organism that eats only producers
Herbivore
Phorid flies lay eggs in fire ants' bodies. Then the baby phorid fly eats its way out of the ant when it hatches, killing the ant.
Parasitism
Which direction will the two arrows point: A food web shows that phytoplankton are eaten by zooplankton and krill.
The arrows will point to the zooplankton and the krill.
Predators and prey are examples of these.
Consumers
What is something humans can do to help restore ecosystems? (Lots of possible answers)
Lots of possible answers including restoring habitats, reducing or cleaning up pollution, using green energy, etc.)
An organism that eats both plants and animals.
Omnivore
Hermit crabs use long discarded sea snail shells for protection.
Commensalism
A bird is shown eating grains and grasshoppers. This means it is considered to be a ______vore (Herbivore, Carnivore, or Omnivore)
Omnivore
Eats dead plants and animals and returns the nutrients to the soil.
Decomposers
An invasive species
An animal that only eats insects.
Insectivore
Bees help to pollinate flowers as they gather pollen for their hive.
Mutualism
What do you call an an animal that is not hunted by any other animals?
An apex predator
A mushroom is an example of one of these.
What words means that an balanced ecosystem has a wide variety of life.