Time to Eat
Consumers
What is it?
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Stuck in a web
100
What does an herbivore eat?
Plants
100
A bird that consumes seed and berries is at what trophic level?
Primary Consumer
100
An organism that must get it's energy from others...
consumer
100
Consider this food chain:
grass-grasshopper- mouse- snake
Which organism is a herbivore?
grasshopper
100
food webs are made up of ______ _____ that overlap
food chains
200
What does a carnivore eat?
Meat
200
An organism that lives by killing and eating other animals...
carnivore or predator
200
An organism that can produce it's own food...
producer
200
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200
What do all of these living things have in common? deer, rabbit, squirrel
They all eat producers/ they are herbivores
300
Where do producers get their food from?
The use the sun to create their own food in their body
300
A consumer can be a _____, ______, ________.
Carnivore, herbivore or omnivore
300
Something that shows how ALL the animals in a COMMUNITY get their energy (food)
food web
300
If someone is vegan, what type of consumer are they?
Primary consumer
300
All food webs start with _____
producers
400
What does an OMNIVORE eat?
Meat and Plants
400
What do the arrows on a food web represent?
flow of energy
400
ONE path of energy as it flows through the ecosystem
food chain
400
make a food chain with the following: -mouse -snake -seeds -hawk
seeds-mouse-snake-hawk
400
A certain type of bear mainly eats trout. If the trout population declines, what will most likely happen to the bear population?
it will decrease
500
What do decomposers do and what is an example?
break down dead plants and animals
answers may vary: mushroom, earthworms, bacteria
500
What is an animal that consumes only dead animals or decaying plants?
detritivores / detritus eater
example: earthworm, crab
500
How does an organism that derives it's energy from sunlight?
Via photosynthesis
500
Why are decomposers important organisms in a food web?
They return nutrients to the soil
500
Can an organism be part of more than one food chain? Why?
Yes, because it can be prey for more than one organism