Types of Consumers
What only eats plants
Herbivore
What is bacteria classified as in an ecosystem?
Decomposer
What is at the beginning of EVERY food chain?
some type of producer
If a zebra is hunted and eaten by a lion, what does that make the zebra?
Prey
What is a omnivore
Eats both plants and animals
All animals and humans would be considered:
consumers
Put these animals in a food chain:
Hawk, Grass, Snake, Rabbit
Grass then Rabbit then Snake then Hawk
What is biotic?
living things
What is an example of a carnivore?
Lion, Tiger, etc
Where do producers get their energy from?
The sun
Why are producers at the beginning of the food chain?
They get their energy from the sun, they don't need to eat other things to get energy
Why are decomposers important to every ecosystem
They break down waste and dead animals and give that nutrients back to the soil
What way are consumers classified?
By the type of food they eat
What are all of these classified as: shurbs, trees, grass
producers
What will most likely happen to the rabbit population if all of there grass/food they eat is destroyed in a fire?
The rabbit population will decrease
Rocks, rain, climate, soil, snow, water, wind
What word best describes most humans?
A. Decomposer
B. Carnivore
C. Omnivore
C. Omnivore
Nutrients
What did the arrows mean in a food chain?
The energy given to the next animal after it eats it
What is an animal called if it stalks and hunts its food?
predator