Producers, Consumers, Decomposers, OH MY!
Energy! I need energy!
MMM! Food!
Flowers, Deer, Wolf...
Extra Questions for Thought!
100
All producers can do what?
Make their own food.
100
What is the main source of energy for all food chains?
The sun
100
What is the main reason for a species to go extinct?
They have no food.
100
flowers, deer, wolf
In this food chain, what will happen to the deer population if the wolf was removed?
The deer population will increase/there will be more deer
100
What part of the food chain is technically considered the end?
decomposers
200
What do consumers eat?
Producers
Other consumers
200
Which part of the food chain receives the most energy to help it produce its own food?
Producers
200
Which of these can make its own food?
fungus, tree, spider, bear
tree
200
flowers, deer, wolf
In this food chain, what will happen to the deer if the flowers were removed?
Deer would not have food.
Deer population would go down.
Deer could die.
Deer might find something else to eat.
200
In an ecosystem, ___________ and ___________ things interact with each other.
living and nonliving
300
What do decomposers do?
Break down and eat dead organisms.
300
Be careful with your gardens! Bunnies love to eat lettuce and carrots to get their energy!
Why are the lettuce and carrots important to the bunnies?
They give energy to the bunnies.
300
What does a consumer do for food?
They eat things! They eat plants or other animals.
300
flowers, deer, wolf
In this food chain, what will happen to the population of the flowers if the wolf was removed?
There won't be as many flowers because there will be too many deer, and they will eat the flowers.
300
A dead branch falls to the ground. What will happen to it?
It will decompose and become part of the soil.
400
Be careful with your gardens! Bunnies love to eat lettuce and carrots to get their energy!
What is the consumer?
bunnies
400
sun, flowers, deer, wolf
In this food chain, what does the flow of energy look like?
The sun gives lots of energy to the flowers. The flowers give their energy to the deer. The deer give their energy to the wolves.
400
An animal's food supply is no longer available. What will happen to the population of that animal?
The population will decrease/go down.
400
flowers, deer, wolf
In this food chain, what will happen to the population of the wolves if the flowers were removed?
The wolves would eventually have no food because the deer population would go down.
400
Lots of people spray chemicals in their grass to keep bugs away. What could this do to the community living in the grass?
Kill it all.
500
Be careful with your gardens! Bunnies love to eat lettuce and carrots to get their energy!
What is the producer?
lettuce and carrots
500
Create a food chain on a whiteboard, label each part (sun, producer, consumer, and decomposer), and show the flow of energy.
Teacher will check for correct answer.
500
Come up with ONE food chain from this food web.
Answer: a food chain has to be connected. Correct answer is an answer where all parts listed are completely connected.
500
flowers, deer, wolf
In this food chain, what will happen if a pack of foxes move into the community?
The foxes and wolves will compete for food.
The deer population will go down by a lot.
The wolves and foxes will eventually die or have to find new food.
500
In the grasslands ecosystem, what would happen to the community if there was no longer any grass (the main producer)?
The other species in the community would not survive.