Food chain,Food webs & Energy pyramids
What is an Energy Pyramid?
A model used to show the amount of energy available to living things in an ecosystem
What do we call an animal that hunts and eats other animals?
predator
What is a producer?
Producers are living things that create their own food.
What are consumers?
Consumers are usually animals that will eat the producers.
What is a decomposer?
Decomposers break down dead and decaying materials returning nutrients to the soil.
What is a Food Web?
A model used to show a feeding relationship in which many food chains overlap in an ecosystem
What do we call the animal that other animals hunt and eat?
prey
Plants are the ONLY producers on earth, true or false?
False, some bacteria & protists can also be producers.
What are 4 types of consumers?
types of consumers are omnivores, carnivores, herbivores and decomposers.
Give an example of a decomposer
Earthworms, insects, bacteria, fungi
What is a Food Chain?
A model used to show the feeding relationship between a producer and a chain of consumers in an ecosystem
What do we call an organism that gets nutrients from the body of another organism, often harming it in the process?
parasite
Give an example of a producer.
Plants, protist and bacteria.
Give a example of a consumer?
Any animal could be a consumer.
Where do decomposers occure in a food chain or food web?
Decomposers can occure at any link in a food chain and at any point in a food web.
grass, grasshopper, bird, fox. What is this an example of?
A food chain
What do we call an organism that another organism uses to live off of for food and shelter and can passes disease to them?
host
What process do producers use to grow?
Producers grow by a process called photosynthesis.
Which one is the consumer? Rabbits,bears, or both?
The answer is both.
Can insects be decomposers, true or false?
Yes, insects can be decomposers.
The amount of energy transferred between levels in an energy pyramid
10%
A deer tick living off a deer's blood is an example of what type of relationship?
parasite - host relationship
How do producers and photosynthesis work together?
Photosynthesis gives the producers the food and energy it needs.
What is the difference between a primary consumer and a secondary consumer?
The difference is primary consumers are herbivores and secondary consumers are carnivores. Secondary consumers eat primary consumer.
How do decomposers help the ecosystem?
Decomposers help the ecosystem by eating the dead plants and animals and they keep track of the flow of nutrients.