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Ecosystem
Food Chain 1
Food Chain 2
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
There is only one type of ecosystem. True or False?
False, there are many types!
100
What is a herbivore?
animal that only eats plants
100
Are humans carnivores, omnivores, or herbivores?
omnivores
100
An animal's home within an ecosystem is called a _______.
habitat
100
Is a rabbit a consumer or a producer?
consumer
200
Ecosystem has only living things. True or False?
False, it has living and nonliving things!
200
Herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores are all called ______.
consumers
200
List an example of a carnivore.
answers will vary
200
When different populations interact with each other in the same area, they are known as a ___________________.
community
200
Are there water ecosystems? True or False?
True
300
All living and nonliving things in an environment and the many ways they interact is called an ______.
ecosystem
300
What does a food chain always begin with?
The sun
300
A vulture is an example of a ___________.
scavenger
300
The specific role an organism has in its habitat is called a ______.
niche
300
Name at least two events (human made or natural) that can affect a food web.
pollution, storms, disease, and hunting
400
List three types of decomposers.
earthworm, bacteria, and mushrooms
400
What is a producer? Give two examples.
A producer makes its own food. grass and algae
400
All the members of one species that lives within an area of the ecosystem is called ___________.
population
400
Draw a food chain on the board. Include the sun, a producer, a primary consumer, a secondary consumer, and a decomposer.
Answers will vary.
500
List four types of ecosystems.
Tundra, Desert, Forest, Rainforest
500
What is most likely to happen to a food web if most of a population dies of disease?
the food web will change
500
Describe the difference between a food chain and a food web.
A food web consists of many food chains. A food chain only follows just one path as animals find food.
500
What is prey? What is a predator?
A predator is an organism that eats another organism. The prey is the organism which the predator eats.
500
What is an insectivore? Give an example.
Something that eats only insects. Example: spider