Food & Energy
What do we call an organism that eats other organisms for energy?
What is a consumer?
A lion hunts a zebra. What type of relationship is this?
What is a predator-prey relationship?
What organisms recycle nutrients back into the soil by breaking down dead organisms?
What are decomposers?
Which biome is hot, humid, and has the most biodiversity?
What is a tropical rain forest?
What may happen to prey populations when a new predator enters an ecosystem?
What is a decrease in prey populations?
What is the primary source of energy for nearly all ecosystems?
What is sunlight?
What shows many interconnected food chains?
What is a food web?
What organisms break down dead organisms and help recycle matter?
What are decomposers?
Which biome has grasses, few trees, and large herbivores like bison?
What is a grassland?
What can happen to other organisms when one species goes extinct in a food web?
What is that many other organisms can be affected?
What do plants do to make their own food?
What is photosynthesis?
Which animal is an herbivore: wolf, deer, hawk, or snake?
What is a deer?
What gas do producers release during photosynthesis?
What is oxygen?
Which biome has high temperatures, low rainfall, and sand dunes?
What is a desert?
Name one way humans can positively impact ecosystems.
What is conserving habitats or recycling?
Which organism is a primary consumer: grass, rabbit, fox, or mushroom?
What is a rabbit?
What do omnivores eat?
What are both plants and animals?
What organism is a producer in a marine ecosystem: shark, algae, jellyfish, or octopus?
What is algae?
What is a large geographic area with a similar climate, soil, and organisms called?
What is a biome?
What is a species called if it no longer exists anywhere on Earth?
What is extinct?
What does an arrow in a food chain represent?
What is the flow of energy?
What do carnivores eat?
What are other animals or meat?
Grass → grasshopper → frog → hawk is an example of what?
What is a food chain?
What two human-caused problems can decrease biodiversity?
What are pollution and habitat destruction?
What would likely happen to consumers if producers were removed from an ecosystem?
What is that all consumers would be affected?