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Food Chains
Group Names (General)
Group Names (Specific)
Examples of Ecosystems
Accommodation
100
How is energy passed through an ecosystem?
Through a Food Chain.
100
I start the food chain. (Who am I?)
The Sun.
100
What is an example of a producer?
Plants, grass, trees, bushes, shrubs, etc
100
What is a very wet ecosystem, that gets a lot of rain. (hint it is very green)
The rainforest
100
What is it called when animals change to fit in with their surroundings?
Adaptation
200
What is a Food Chain with more connections?
A Food Web.
200
I make my own energy using the sun. (Who am I?)
A Producer
200
What type of consumer only eats plants? (Hint a rabbit is this)
An herbivore
200
What is a very wet ecosystem that is so deep we still do not know all of the animals that live there!
Either Ocean or Coral Reef
200
What is an example of adaptation? Explain!
bright colors to attract a mate eyes to see in the dark sharp claws to dig in the ground dinosaurs: herbivores had long tails to fight off carnivores OR eat other things than normal (seagulls eat french fries) live in human homes (dogs, cats, sneaky snakes, mice, birds)
300
What is passed through a food chain when one animal eats something else?
Energy
300
I get energy from Eating other plants or animals? (who am I ?)
A consumer.
300
This type of consumer only eats meat. (Hint: a lion is this)
A carnivore
300
In Connecticut we have many of these. (Hint: they are filled with Deciduous Trees!)
Forests
300
Give me an example of a natural change in the environment?
Fires on the prairie=good because the ashes help the soil to grow more grass when animals die= to keep the population balanced
400
Where does the energy come from in a food chain or food web?
The Sun.
400
I help break down dead plants and animals. (Who am I?)
A decomposer.
400
This type of consumer eats both plants and animals (Hint: humans are this)
An omnivore
400
This type of ecosystem has both wet and dry periods. There is a lot of grass, but it doesn't have to be green! (hint: there can be lots of fires but this is not always a bad thing!)
Prairies
400
Give me an example when humans changed an environment?
pollution deforestation (cutting down trees) protecting coral reef
500
Do Food chains end?
No they start over. They are a cycle.
500
What is the name of a group of plants and animals living in a specific area.
An ecosystem.
500
What is an example of a decomposer?
Fungi, mushrooms, moss, earthworms, bacteria
500
What is a very cold ecosystem, typically covered with ice and snow? hint: Antarctica is an example of this.
The tundra
500
give me an example of a good change for an environment and a bad change for an environment
hunting a certain kind of animal (extinction= kills other animals too) reproduction: allows for animals to multiple and increase their numbers so they do not go extinct