Where do producers get their energy?
What do consumers eat?
producers and other consumers
What do decomposers eat?
dead things
What is a positive affect on the ecosystem?
earthquake, cutting down trees, sunshine, or forest fire
sunshine
What does every food chain start with?
Sun
What is a producer?
an animal that hunts, something that eats dead things, an animal that eats plants, or makes its own food.
makes its own food (from sun)
What is the comsumer?
Sun - phytoplankton - small fish - shark
Small fish or shark
which is a decomposer?
Snake, grass, sun, or fungi
Fungi
Which is a negative affect on the ecosystem?
planting trees, recycling, factory smoke, or using a reusable water bottle
factory smoke
Can you have more than one consumer in a food chain?
Yes
What is the producer?
Sun - phytoplankton - small fish - shark
phytoplankton
True or False?
Consumers eats decomposers.
False
True or False?
Decomposers eats producers
False
What would birds likely do if their forest habitat was cut down?
stay where they are, find a new forest, rebuild tress, or adapt immediately to open land.
find a new forest
What is the correct order of energy flow in a food chain?
sun - producer - consumer - decomposer
A rabbit eats grass, and then a fox eats the rabbit. what is the grass?
producer
A rabbit eats grass, and then a fox eats the rabbit. what is the rabbit?
consumer
On a food chain where do decomposers fall?
the end
If a forest fire destroys all the trees, what would happen first to caterpillars?
grow larger, nothing, increase in numbers, or have less food.
have less food
In a pond ecosystem: plants - insects - fish - otter. Which does eat the fish?
otter
Sun - Grass - insect - fly - lizard
Which is the producer?
grass
If the insect eats the grass then what is the consumer?
insect
What do decomposers do to our ecosystem?
Break down dead plants and animals and return nutrients to the soil.
If sharks were overfished, what would happen to seals?
seal population would decrease, seals would disappear, nothing, or seal population would increase.
seal population would increase
Look at this food chain: Algae - Shrimp - Perch - Osprey. If Perch disappeared what would happen?
shrimp would decrease, Algae would disappear, osprey would have less food, or nothing
osprey would have less food