Food chains and energy pyramids
What does a food chain always start with?
A producer
How many different types of consumers are there?
3
Definition: Any organism that makes its own food.
Producer
Name a type of decomposer.
Answers will vary.
grass--- rabbit---fox---bear
What is the primary consumer in this food chain?
rabbit
What do you call an animal that only eats plants?
Herbivore
Definition: An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms
Consumer
Bacteria
grass---mouse---snake---eagle
What is the secondary consumer in this food chain?
snake
What do you call an animal that eats plants and animals?
Omnivore
Definition: An organism that breaks down dead material and waste to live and grow
decomposer
What do decomposers put back into the soil?
Nutrients
What starts with the most energy in an energy pyramid?
The producer
What do you call an animal that only eats other animals?
Carnivore
Definition: A model that shows the amount of energy that is passed on at each level of the food chain
energy pyramid
What would happen if we did not have decomposers?
Dead material would build up.
What consumer receives the least amount of energy in an energy pyramid?
Third stage consumer/ tertiary consumer/ top predator
Name an animal that would be considered to be a carnivore.
Answers may vary
Examples: tigers, lions, jaguars
Definition: A diagram that shows the many connected food chains and feeding relationships in an ecosystem.
Food web
True or false
Fungi are a type of decomposers.
True