True and False
Carnivores are at the top of the energy pyramid.
True
The primary(starting) source of energy in an ecosystem.
Sun
Identify the producer in this food chain. Grass-->Beetle-->Bird-->Mountain Lion
Grass
In a food web where mice eat grass and seeds. What would happen to the seeds if the grass disappeared?
Mouse would eat more seeds (Or all of the seeds)
An animal that feeds off the remains of dead animals.
scavenger
Seeds, grass, and beetles are all producers.
False - Just seeds and grass
A living thing that hunts other living things for food.
Predator
Decomposes are important in the food chain because...
they break down dead organisms and return nutrients to the soil
In a food web where Hawks eat snakes and mice. What would happen to the snakes and mice if MORE HAWKS were introduced?
Eaten to extinction. (killed off)
An animal that eats only plants.
Herbivore
Food is considered to be matter and energy.
True
An animals that eats only other animals.
carnivore
In an energy pyramid which level has the highest energy and is at the bottom?
Producers
In a food web where a mountain lion eats hawks, deer, and rabbits. What would happen if the mountain lion was hunted to extinction?
There would be more hawks, deer, and mice.
An animal that eats both plants and animals
omnivore
Bacteria and Fungi eat dead plants and animals.
True - decomposers
A living thing that is hunted for food.
Prey
Identify what is wrong with this food chain. Grasshopper-->Grass-->Lizard-->Hawk
Grass and grasshopper are switched.
What would happen to deer if they overpopulate an area?
Run out of food.
What is a producer. And provide an example of it.
Anything that makes it's own food. Plants, trees, flowers.
A food chain can go in many different directions.
False - Food Web
Can a consumer be both predatory and prey? Explain your answer.
Yes, An alligator hunts for food as well as being hunted for food.
Create a food chain from these animals. Hawk, Grass, Grasshopper, Lizard
Grass-->Grasshopper-->Lizard-->Hawk
What two choices do deer have if they have run out of food in an area.
Find new food source or die.
What is a decomposer. Provide an example of it.
Something that absorbs energy from dead and decaying material. Fungi, Bacteria