Energy
What is a green plant that makes it's own food called?
producer
Animals that eat ONLY plants are called _________.
herbivores
A food chain passes ________ from one living thing to another.
energy
Food webs are made from different food __________ that overlap.
chains
Make a food chain with the following: -mouse -snake -seeds -hawk
seeds - mouse - snake - hawk
What is an animal that needs to eat to live called?
consumer
Animals that eat ONLY other animals are called __________.
carnivores
After the sun, a food chain ALWAYS begins with a __________.
producer
All plants and animals in an area make up a(n) ____________ .
community, habitat or ecosystem
These break down dead objects and give nutrients to the soil.
Are animals producers or consumers? Explain.
Animals are consumers. They have to take in food for energy. They can not make their own.
Animals that eat BOTH plants and animals are called _________.
omnivores
The thing that eats the producer is called the ___________.
consumer
All food web diagrams start with _____________.
producers
The process in which green plants use sunlight to make their own food is called __________.
photosynthesis
Place the organisms in the correct energy flow that starts with the sun: coyote, fungi, clover, rabbit
clover, rabbit, coyote, fungi
A carnivore that hunts other animals is a.. ?
predator
A consumer may be an omnivore, an herbivore, or a ___________.
carnivore
A food web is like a spider web, all things are connected...What happens when a part of it is pulled out or broken?
It falls apart.
Fungus, mushrooms and worms are called ____________.
An invasive beetle moves into an ecosystem and damages and kills all the ash trees. How will that affect the energy flow of the ecosystem?
Less trees (producers) means less energy for herbivores. Less herbivores will cause secondary and tertiary animals to compete for food. They will have to leave or starve.
An animal that a predator hunts is called a _________.
prey
Give an example of a complete food chain we could find here, at GW. After each biotic element, label producers, consumers, and decomposers.
Your example may include: milkweed-caterpillar-bird-fungi
Labels are: primary producer, herbivore, carnivore, decomposer
What type of living thing would be found at the TOP of a food web?
apex predator
What do all of these living things have in common? deer, rabbits, squirrels,
Use 2 vocabulary words. Both must be correct.
herbivores, primary consumers