Food Chains
What is the primary source of energy for all food chains?
What is the Sun?
This type of ecosystem is hot and dry, with very little rainfall.
What is a desert?
What do you call plants that produce their own food through photosynthesis?
What are producers?
Which water activity can you do at Elbow Lake using a paddle?
What is canoeing?
what is the clearing or thinning of forests by humans?
What is deforestation?
In a food chain, what do you call an animal that eats plants?
What is a herbivore?
This type of ecosystem is known for its tall trees, heavy rainfall, and incredible biodiversity.
What is a rainforest?
What do you call animals that eat plants or other animals for energy?
What are consumers?
The camp at elbow lake that teaches the importance of nature.
What is ECO adventure camp?
This type of pollution can come from cars and factories and harm air quality.
What is air pollution?
In a simple food chain, which of these comes last: producer, primary consumer, or top predator?
What is the top predator?
This type of ecosystem covers about 71% of the Earth's surface and is home to a wide variety of marine life.
What are oceans?
Which role in the ecosystem involves breaking down dead material into nutrients?
What are decomposers?
This is the best time of year to visit Elbow Lake if you love swimming.
What is summer?
Overfishing is a major stressor in which type of ecosystem?
What are oceans?
In a food chain, what do you call an animal that eats other animals?
What is a carnivore?
In which ecosystem would you most likely find cacti and scorpions?
What is a desert?
What do you call an animal that hunts other animals for food?
What is a predator?
What university owns Elbow Lake?
What is Queen's University?
This term describes when non-native species are introduced to an ecosystem and disrupt the balance.
What are invasive species?
What do you call the organism that breaks down dead plants and animals, returning nutrients to the soil?
What is a decomposer?
Which type of ecosystem is known for having four distinct seasons, including cold winters and hot summers?
What is a temperate forest?
What term describes an animal that is hunted and eaten by predators?
What is prey?
Elbow Lake is surrounded by this type of ecosystem, which features lots of trees and wildlife.
What is a forest?
Climate change can lead to this, which causes sea levels to rise and ecosystems to change.
What is global warming?