Where do plants get their energy from?
The Sun
What do you call an organism that only eats plants?
Herbivore
People are part of food chains. What is the role of a person in a food chain?
Consumer
What do the arrows in the food chain represent?
The passing of energy from one organism to another
Put these in correct food chain order:
hyena
sun
zebra
grass
Sun -> Grass -> Zebra -> Hyena
What do producers do to get food?
Photo synthesis
A consumer that eats both plants and animals is called what?
An omnivore
Amy is planting tomatoes and carrots in her garden. She notices that small insects like to eat her tomatoes and carrots just like she does. Amy and the small insects are both examples of what?
Primary Consumers
In the food chain Sun → Grass → Grasshopper → Bird which animal would be most directly affected if a forest fire burned all the grass away.
Grasshopper
What is the fiercest and strongest predator in a food web called?
top predator or top carnivore
When consumers breathe out, what type of gas do they produce?
Carbon Dioxide
In a food web, what is a mushroom classified as?
Decomposer
In the food chain Sun → Grass → Zebra → Lion, what would likely happen to the lion population if the zebra population decreased?
The lion population would likely decrease.
Coyotes and rattlesnakes both eat mice. But the rattlesnakes also eat frogs.
What would happen to the coyote and rattlesnakes if all mice were to die?
Coyotes would lose their food and probably decrease in population but rattlesnakes would still have frogs and so would not be as affected.
How do consumers get their energy?
By eating other organisms
In a forest biome, which would be an example of a secondary consumer? A bird, a plant, or a caterpillar?
bird
In the food chain Grass → Mouse → Snake → Owl what would likely happen to the mice population if the snake population decrease?
The mice population would likely increase
A food web shows how a group of _____________ are linked together.
food chains
What do producers release that consumers need?
Oxygen
Colin can no longer keep his aquarium that is a home to several pet fish. He is thinking of letting the fish go free in a nearby creek. What is the most likely long term negative effect on the native populations?
Colin's fish are invasive species and may compete for food and shelter.
Name one of the 2 tertiary consumers.
The owl or the snake
In the food chain Tree → Deer →Mountain Lion
what would be the result if the tree population decreased due to a forest fire?
The deer and mountain lion populations would decrease
In a food web, what direction do the arrows point?
In the direction the energy travels (towards the organism that is using the energy)