Vocabulary
An organism that eats only meat.
What is a carnivore?
An organism that eats plants or other animals.
What is a consumer?
What is an event or example that would disrupt a food chain?
What is a hurricane, a tornado, a forest fire, flood etc.
Why are decomposers important organisms in a food web? A) They produce oxygen. B) They prey on carnivores. C) They are food for producers D) They return nutrients to the soil
What is they return nutrients to the soil?
How can you know which organism is the producer in a web?
all arrows are pointing away from organism
An organism that makes its own food.
What is a producer?
An organism that breaks down dead or decaying plant or animal material.
What is a decomposer?
Consider this food chain: grass=> grasshopper=> mouse => snake Which organism is an herbivore?
What is the grasshopper?
Consider the food chain: grass=> grasshopper=> frog=> snake What would happen in the ecosystem if the grasshopper population died? A) snakes would eat the grasshopper B) it would be fine, frogs prefer other insects anyway C) it would be fine, the grass population would increase D) the frog population would die from the decrease in their food supply
What is D, the frog population would die from the decrease in their food supply?
how can you know is the organisms is a herbivore in a food web?
all arrows going to the organism is coming from a producer
An organism that eats only plants.
What is an herbivore?
A network of food chains that have some links in common.
What is a food web?
Consider this food chain: blackberries=> bird=> cat Which organism is the carnivore?
What is the cat?
Which is true regarding an energy pyramid? A) carnivores occupy a larger level than herbivores B) herbivores occupy a smaller level than producers C) consumers occupy the level below producers D) producers and carnivores occupy the same level
What is B, herbivores occupy a smaller level than producers?
how can you easily identify a decomposer in a food web?
All their arrows are pointing to them and no arrows are pointing away, signaling no energy flow away from organism.
An organism that eats both plants and animals.
What is an omnivore?
The struggle between organisms for the same resource.
What is competition?
Consider this food chain: acorns=> squirrels=> hawks Which of these is the producer?
What are the acorns?
Which of the following organism would be a secondary consumer in a food chain?
A) hawk B) gorilla C) squirrel D) earthworm
What is A)hawk?
How do you identify an omnivore in a food web?
arrows are pointing to the organism from both a producer and a consumer.
A diagram that shows the flow of energy from one organism to another.
What is a food chain?
Give two examples of a producer.
What is are trees, grass, grains, bushes, cacti, vines, seeds, etc (any plant).
In a Mississippi swamp, alligators and great blue herons eat fish. Which type of organism is the great blue heron? A) decomposer B) carnivore C) herbivore D) producer
What is a carnivore?
A certain type of bear mainly eats trout. If the trout population declines, what will most likely happen to the bear population? A) it will decrease B) it will increase C) it will remain the same D) it will increase and then decrease
What is it will decrease?
what do we call an organism with no natural predators?
apex predator