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Where do producers get the energy they need to make their own food?
sun or sunlight
What is a herbivore?
an organism that eats only plants.
What is a food chain?
a model that shows how organisms depend on the next as a source of food.
True or false? Plants cannot grow without soil.
false.
Takes in carbon dioxide and gives out oxygen.
What is a consumer?
An organism that eats another organism.
An organism that eats animals is called a what?
carnivore.
Give me an example of a food chain.
take any valid answers..
The following organisms live in a marine ecosystem: dolphin, shrimp, algae, shark. Place items in order of the food chain.
algae, shrimp, dolphin, shark
What could potentially happen if one organism was removed from a food chain?
Whatever it eats will overpopulate and whatever eats it will not have anything to eat.
Name one thing animals use food for.
body repair, growth, motion, warmth
What do decomposers do?
break down dead organic material.
What is a food web?
a model that shows how multiple food chains interconnect to represent how organisms depend on each other as a source of food.
What is it called when an organism eats both plants and animals?
omnivore.
What is the difference between a food chain and food web?
take any reasonable answers..
The process in which plants use sunlight to make glucose is known as what?
photosynthesis
What is an ecosystem?
a community of organisms and a physical environment that interact.
Name two human activities that disrupt ecosystems.
deforestation, agriculture, controlled forest fires, overhunting, overfishing, overpopulation.
What is the name of the first organism to eat the producer?
primary consumer
Name a decomposer.
earth worm, bacteria
When food is converted into energy, this process is known as what?
metabolism.
Name four examples of an ecosystem.
desert, lake, river, coral reef, tundra, grasslands, forest rainforest.
Name two natural events that can disrupt an ecosystem.
volcanic eruption, earthquake, hurricane, tornado, fire, drought, flood.
What is a scavenger? Give one example.
Vulture. Something that eats already killed organisms.
How would an oil spill effect an environment?
It would cause fish gills to not be able to get oxygen, plants couldn't make their own energy, ducks can't swim well...