ECOLOGY Introduction

Food Chains

100

What is the REASON for a food chain?

Transfer ENERGY

200

Several food chains together create a 

Food WEB

300

What role do plants have in a food chain?

Producers

400

The hunters are known as...

Predators

500

If it is being hunted a food it is called...

Prey

Organisms

100

Define "Organism:

All LIVING THINGS

200

All organisms are made of

Cells

300

Name one of the 6 KINGDOMS of life other than Animal:

Plant, Fungi, Protist, Archaebacteria, Eubacteria

400

Name 3 of the 5 classes of ANIMALS:

Mammal, Reptile, Bird, Fish, Amphibian

500

Organisms made of ONLY ONE CELL are called

Protists (Protista)

Random

100

Animals that eat both meat and plants are called...

Omnivores

200

What is the source of energy in a food chain/web?

The SUN

300

Something that WAS on the planet but does not exist anymore...

Extinct

400

Biotic means...

Living (things)

500

These {rocks, water, air, soil, sunlight}

are examples of what?

Non-living (Abiotic) organisms

Life Processes

100

The ability to move

Mobility

200

Using the senses or being able to respond to something (stimuli) in the environment like leaning towards the sun 

Sensitivity

300

Born-->Life Processes-->Death

Life Cycle

400

Make more of to ensure the species continues

Reproduction

500

Get rid of waste (Urine, Feces, Perspiration)

Excretion (Excrete)

Practice

100

Given:

Berries-->Bird-->Cat-->Wolf

What role is the cat?

Secondary Consumer

200

Given:

{Chicken,Wolf, Cat, Bear, Fish, Whale}

Name two Apex Predators:

WHALE, WOLF, BEAR

300

Given:

Grass-->Cricket-->Snake-->Coyote-->Bear

What organism is the tertiary Consumer?

Coyote

400

Given:

Algae-->Trout-->Shark-->Human-->Killer Whale

Name the Consumers

Trout, Shark, Human, (Killer)Whale

500

Given:

Tree-->Giraffe-->Lion

What role is the Lion?

Secondary Consumer/Apex Predator