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Vocabulary
Vocabulary
Types of Animals
Food Chains
Energy Pyramids/ Food Webs/ Animal Defense
100
A living thing that makes its own food
Producer
100
Eats both plants and animals to get energy
omnivore
100
Give an example of a producer
plants, trees, grass, flowers, etc.
100
Where do plants get their energy from?
the sun
100
What is a diagram that shows how energy is used in a food chain?
Energy Pyramid
200
A living thing that gets energy by eating other living things as food.
Consumer
200
The path of food from one living thing to another
food chain
200
Give an example of a herbivore
caterpillar, horse, cow, hummingbird, etc.
200
Put this food chain in the correct order - owl, plant, grasshopper, mouse
plant, grasshopper, mouse, owl
200
Which would be at the top of an energy pyramid ? Grass or a hawk?
A hawk
300
Breaks down dead things for food
Decomposer
300
An animal that hunts another animal for food
Predator
300
Give an example of a decomposer
mushroom, bacteria, earthworms, etc.
300
Put this food chain in the correct order -little fish, algae, big fish, shark
algae, little fish, big fish, shark
300
Give 2 ways animals defend themselves.
Blending in with surroundings, biting, spraying a bad smell, playing dead, living in herds, running fast
400
Eats only plants to get energy
Herbivore
400
An animal that is hunted by a predator
Prey
400
Give an example of an omnivore
Humans, bears, raccoons, etc.
400
Put this food chain in the correct order hawk, acorns, mouse, snake
acorns, mouse, snake, hawk
400
If a new plant is added , what can happen to the other plant in the food web?
It may crowd out other plants
500
Eats other animals, especially meat to get energy
Carnivore
500
Overlapping food chains
Food webs
500
Give an example of a predator and a prey.
Predator- Shark , Prey- fish (many different examples)
500
Draw a food chain involving a human !
Various answers
500
Draw an energy pyramid .
Various answer !