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Many organisms live in very cold water near the Artic (North Pole). Scientists have found that this water is slowly warming up. What would LIKELY happen to these animals if the water continues to warm up?
They will eventually die.
What is the main energy source for all living things on Earth?
The Sun
Which of the following is an example of a producer?
Tree, frog, mushroom, bird
Tree
Organisms that make their own food?
Producers
All food chains begin with energy received from the?
Sun
True or False:
If one animal dies in a food chain, it will affect all the animals?
True
The name of a place where a organism lives?
Habitat
____________ get energy by eating only plants.
Herbivores
True or False:
Living things compete with each other for food, space, water and sunlight they need.
True
These types of organisms get energy by eating dead matter?
Decomposers.
Why are producers important in a ecosystem?
They produce food.
Organisms that get energy by eating ONLY other animals are called?
Carnivores
An animal that eats both plants and animals is called?
Omnivore
Scientists grow a plant on a windowsill and do not water it for two weeks. The weather is hot and sunny.
Which of the following will MOST LIKELY happen to the plant?
It will wilt and might die.
A large area of flat, mostly treeless grassland.
Prairie
The weather of a location over a long period of time.
Climate
Name the 2 types of consumers.
Primary and Secondary
When a drought occurs in an environments, the lack of water can cause animals to die or to ________.
Move to other environments.
A community of living and nonliving things in an environment that work together, is called a?
Ecosystem
After the Sun, the next link in every food chain are plants. Why?
Plants are the only organisms that can make food from the sun's energy.
Which of the following is the correct food chain for the living things?
Owl → bird→ Ladybug → Grass
Grass → Finch→ Ladybug → Owl
Ladybug → Grass → Owl → Finch
Grass → Ladybug → Finch → Owl
Grass → Ladybug → Finch → Owl
Plants use sunlight to make their own food. What is this process called?
Photosynthesis
In the following food chain:
grass --> grasshopper-->rat-->owl
What will happen if many of the grasshoppers died in this food chain?
The rat will have less to eat.
In a food chain, energy is passed along by an animal eating and?
Being eaten
A food web is a system of?
Overlapping food chains.