Vocabulary
What is a living thing that hunts other living things?
A predator.
Grass > Grasshopper > Bird > Hawk
What is the producer in this food chain?
Grass.
In a food web the arrow points to the ________.
Eater/Predator.
List three examples of a producer.
Grass, trees, algae, plants, etc.
True or false: All plants get their energy from the sun.
True.
What is a herbivore?
An animal that only eats plants.
Grass > Bird > Grasshopper > Hawk
What is wrong with this food chain?
The bird and grasshopper are backwards.
The arrow from a rabbit points to a mountain lion and a snake. What does that mean?
That snakes and/or mountain lions will eat the rabbit.
List three examples of a consumer.
Rabbits, lions, humans, sharks, etc.
True or false: All living organisms get their energy only from their food.
False.
They also get their energy from the sun.
What is food chain?
The path of energy in food from one organism to another.
Grass > Mouse > Snake > Hawk > Mountain Lion
Which consumer is the tertiary consumer?
Hawk.
Who would be affected in a food web if all of the producers (grass, trees, etc.) suddenly disappeared?
Everything would be affected.
How do you call organisms that eat dead plants and animals?
A decomposer.
True or false: Algae is a type of plant that lives in the water.
True.
What is the original source of energy in an ecosystem?
The sun.
Grass > Mouse > Snake > Hawk
The snake is considered a _____ because it eats a mouse and not grass.
Carnivore.
A mountain lion eats rabbits, deer, and hawk. What would happen if the rabbits and hawks were hunted to extinction?
The lion would hunt more deer.
An animal that is hunted is known as...
Prey.
True or false: Pigs are herbivores.
False.
Pigs' diet includes both plants and animals.
How do you call the meeting of food chains in a community that shows how organisms interact?
Food web.
Create a food chain that makes sense. Must contain a producer and 3 consumers.
(various answers)
A mountain lion eats rabbits, deer, and hawk. What would happen if the mountain lion was hunted to extinction?
There would be more rabbits, deer, and hawks.
A small fish will eat other smaller fish or algae from a lake. That fish is known as an...
Omnivore.
True or false: An organism can be a consumer or a decomposer, but not both.
False.
A dung beetle is a consumer, and it's also a decomposer.