Energy
Green plants that make their own food are called?
Producers
Animals that eat ONLY plants are called_________
Herbivores
What is a food web?
A food web is made up of many food chains that are interconnected and shows how energy is passed on from one organism to another.
make a food chain with the following organisms: -mouse -snake -seeds -hawk
Seeds - mouse - snake - hawk
Name two examples of a decomposers.
worms, fungi (mushroom), insects, bacteria
Animals in a food web that need to eat to live are called?
Consumers
Animals that eat ONLY other animals or meat are called ___________.
Carnivores
A ___________ is a single sequence of organisms that shows how energy and nutrients flow from organism to another.
Food chain
A change to one part of a food web can affect other organisms in the food web. True or false?
True
Name 2 examples of carnivores.
tiger, snake, hawk
All living things need food to give them _____________.
Energy
Animals that eat BOTH plants and animals are called __________.
Omnivores
______________ break down dead organisms and organic matter into simpler substances, returning nutrients back to the ecosystem.
Decomposers
During the flow of energy from one trophic level to the next, some energy is always lost as heat in each step. True of false?
True
Name 2 examples of omnivores.
dog, humans
Process by which plants make their own food is called___________.
Photosynthesis
A carnivore that hunts other animals for food is called a ____________.
Predator
Consumers that feed on the producers are called _____________.
Primary consumers
Tertiary consumers are always omnivores. True or false?
False
What is the main energy source for a food web?
The sun.
What represents the flow of energy and the transfer of nutrients between organisms in a food chain and foow web?
The arrows
An animal that a predator hunts is called a __________.
Prey
A position in the food web hierarchy that represents the relationship between organisms that obtain energy in a similar way.
A trophic level
What do all of these living things have in common? deer, rabbit, cow?
What is they are herbivores
There are typically five trophic levels in a food web. Name them.
producers
Primary consumers
Secondary consumers
Tertiary consumers
Quaternary consumers