Category A
What is a habitat?
the natural environment or home where a specific organism
A ____________ cannot make its own energy and eats only plants for their energy.
Herbivore
A lion and shark are what kind of consumer? Herbivore/ Carnivore/ Omnivore/ Detritivore
carnivore
Who is the consumer?
1. grass
2. rabbit
3. wolf
4. rabbit and wolf
4. rabbit and wolf
What is this?
The build-up of harmful substances in organisms.
Bioaccumulation
What can be found at the beginning of a food chain?
producers
What is it called when you put plants, herbivores, and carnivores in sequence?
Food chain
What happens to the level of energy as it transfers from producers up to a Tertiary Consumer?
The level of energy consumed decreases.
Who is the producer out of the following?
1. grass
2. rabbit
3. wolf
grass
Name one harmful substance we learned.
DDT
Heavy metal like mercury
What do you call an organism that breaks down dead and decaying organisms?
Decomposers
A type of consumer that eats primary consumers is called ____________.
secondary consumer
An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms is called a __________.
consumer
Which is a network(multiple) of food chain?
1. food chain
2. food web
3. neither
4. both
food web
Where do toxins become more concentrated in a food chain?
Towards the end of the food chain
What is a food chain?
A diagram that shows the transfer of energy with a single pathway
This consumer eats both plants and other consumers.
Omnivore
What would organisms like, worms, Beetles, or fungi that feed on dead organisms be considered?
decomposers
Which type of consumer receives a majority of its energy from the primary producer?
Primary Consumers
Why are top predators most affected by bioaccumulation?
They eat many organisms with toxins.
How do Primary Producers create their own energy?
Plants or Phytoplankton use photosynthesis from the suns energy.
What's a Primary Consumer?
cannot make its own energy and eats only plants for its energy.
Of the following, which is the correct sequence for the flow of energy in a food chain?
1. consumers, decomposers, producers
2. producers, consumers, decomposers
3. consumers, producers, decomposers
4. decomposers, producers, consumers
2. producers, consumers, decomposers
Which has arrows that represent energy transfer?
1. food chain
2. food web
3. neither
4. both
4. both - food chain and a food web
What is one effect of bioaccumulation on animals?
Illness, death, reproduction problems