"Ecolo-gese"
(Vocab)
(Vocab)
This term describes organisms including maple trees, algae, and roses that make their own food using energy from the sun.
What is . . .
a producer
If a food chain diagram showed:
worm --> bird ,
this organism is the prey in this relationship.
What is . . .
the worm
This level of the food pyramid contains the greatest amount of organisms.
What is . . .
the bottom
(or the producer level)
In food web #1, this is an organism that eats a lizard.
What is . . .
the hawk or the rattlesnake or bacteria
This is how you properly spell the current month of the year.
What is . . .
February
(must have a capital F)
An organism, like a deer or chipmunk, that only eat plants is called this.
What is . . .
an herbivore
Draw a simple food chain to connect the following in the proper order:
human cow sun grass
sun --> grass --> cow --> human
This is an example of an organism that could be found on the second level of the energy pyramid (the primary consumer level).
What is . . .
*check each other*
answer should be something that eats plants
In food web number 1, this is one of the herbivores.
What is . . .
the kangaroo rat, or the grasshopper, or the rabbit
This is a name of one of the starting quarterbacks who will be playing in the Super Bowl on Sunday.
Who is . . .
Patrick Mahomes II
or
Jalen Hurts
An organism, like bacteria or fungus, that break down dead stuff in the environment is called this.
What is . . .
a decomposer
This is what the arrows on a food chain represent.
What is . . .
the direction that energy flows
As you move from one level of the energy pyramid up to the next level, this is the % of energy that transfers up.
What is . . .
10%
In food web #1, this is what would likely happen to the rattlesnake population if the rabbit population decreased.
What is . . .
it would decrease
This is a name of one of the famous people whose birthday occurred this month causing it to be considered a time to celebrate Black History Month.
Who is . . .
Frederick Douglas
or
Abraham Lincoln (due to signing the Emancipation Proclamation)
An organism that eats both plants and animals (such as a raccoon or bird) is called this.
What is . . .
an omnivore.
The original source of energy for all life on earth (the very beginning of the food chain) is this.
What is . . .
the sun
Based on the idea of bioaccumulation, this level of an energy pyramid would be most likely to have the highest concentration of toxins per individual.
What is . . .
the top level
(or apex predator/tertiary or quaternary consumer)
In food web #2, this organism is an apex predator.
(a predator without any predators of its own)
What is . . .
the eagle/hawk (big bird)
or
the wolf/fox (big mammal)
According to candystore.com, this was the most popular Valentine's Day candy in Iowa in 2024.
(NO looking it up before answering)
What is . . .
M & M's
The different levels of the food pyramid, including producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers, are called _________ levels.
What is . . .
trophic levels
This term means "third eater" and refers to an organism in a food chain that is the third thing to eat things below it.
What is . . .
tertiary consumer
This is why a pyramid shape rather than a rectangle shape best describes the energy relationships in an ecosystem.
What is . ..
because each level contains only 10% of the energy and mass of the level below it. The narrowing of the top of the triangle represents the decrease.
In food web #2, this is the reason why there is a bracket with worms and bacteria on the outside of the web.
What is . . .
because they are decomposers that break down everything else in the web when they die.
This is the name of the groundhog who famously predicts the weather each Feb. 2.
Who is . . .
Punxsutawney Phil