What is an herbivore?
an animal that eats only plants
This organism eats only meet
carnivore
This organism would never hunt an animal for food. It prefers vegetable leaves.
herbivore
What organisms are in trophic level 1?
plants/producers
Define a food web
A food web is overlapping food chains in one ecosystem
What a scavenger?
This organism is the responsible for providing food and energy to consumers
producers/plants
Give 3 examples of an omnivore
answers may vary
bears, birds, dogs,
What organism could fit in this chain?
corn > bird > __________ > hawk
answers may vary
snake, cat
How would you be able to tell which animal in the food web is the top predator?
It will have the most arrows pointed to it
What is a food web?
overlapping food chains in one area
This organism help take nutrients from rotting or decaying organisms and putting those nutrients back into the soil
decomposers
This animal does not hunt live animals. It waits until something else kills it before it feasts.
Scavenger
Food chains all end with a top predator
False, there can be food chains in an ecosystem that do not include the top predator.
True or False
Food webs are just like food chains, but food webs show all the possible food chains from one ecosystem
True
What is an ecosystem?
All the living and nonliving things in one area interracting together with their environment
This organism is the ultimate hunter and has no predators
Which is the primary consumer?
grass > bunny > hawk > fungi
bunny
What are the 2 food chain questions?
what does it eat?
what is it eaten by?
How would a lack of sunlight affect a food web?
What is a fragmented habitat?
A habitat that has been separated due to human activity. For example-a highway going through open land in LA
True or False
Killer Whales have no known predators.
True
Which organism is in the third trophic level?
seaweed > guppy > large fish > seal > shark
large fish
Fix the following food chain
algae < krill < large fish < seal < killer whale
arrows are backwards
How would an invasive species (an organism that is not naturally part of the ecosystem) affect a food web?
The invasive species would eat organisms that the natural predators would eat, resulting in less overall available energy for the ecosystem. The ecosystem would not be balanced.