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Producers
Consumers
Producers, Consumers, Or Decomposers
Food Chain
Food Web
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Where do plants get their energy from?
The Sun
1000
How can you describe an organisms that only eats plants?
Herbivore
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People are part of food chains. What is the role of a person in a food chain?
Consumer
1000
What do the arrows in the food chain represent?
The passing of energy from one organism to another
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What role does the sun have in the food web?
The sun gives energy to plants so they can complete photosynthesis
2000
What two things do plants produce from the process of photosynthesis?
Oxygen and Energy
2000
A consumer that eats both plants and animals is called what?
An omnivore
2000
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?
Consumers
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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
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After the sun, what type of organisms will start a food web?
Producer
3000
List 3 things that a producer needs to make its own food
Sunlight, Carbon Dioxide, and Water
3000
When consumers breathe out what type of gas do they produce?
Carbon Dioxide
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What would a mushroom would be classified as?
Decomposer
3000
In the food chain Grass → Zebra → Lion what would happen to the lion if the zebra population decreased?
The lion population would decrease
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If there was a fire in the forest which type of organisms (producer, consumer, decomposer) would be affected first?
Producer
4000
Juan wants to grow a sunflower. He makes sure that the plant has the following items in order to grow; sunlight, water, other organisms, and air. Which of these items does the plant NOT need in order to grow?
Other organisms
4000
Consumers are dependent on what to get energy?
Other organisms
4000
Which would be an example of a primary consumer? A fox, a plant, or a caterpillar?
Caterpillar
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In the food chain Grass → Mouse → Snake → Owl what would happen to the mice population if the snake population decrease?
The mice population would increase
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In a swamp, rabbits eat marsh grass. Bobcats eat rabbits. Identity the predator and prey and this scenario.
Predator: Bobcat Prey: Rabbit
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Matthew and Jose are on a forest field trip. They observe the forest floor and notice that it is covered with dead plants. “Those plants don’t do anything good for the forest,” said Matthew. What could you tell Matthew about those dead plants?
Decomposers will eat the dead plants and keep the flow of energy moving.
5000
How does a secondary consumer depend on a producer?
A secondary consumer will eat a primary consumer which is dependent on a producer for energy.
5000
Liliana takes a nature walk. On her walk she notices ladybugs, earthworms, maples trees, rabbits, wasps, centipedes, grass, opossums, flies, slugs, blueberry bushes, raccoons, and caterpillars. Correctly identify the producers that she sees.
Maples Trees, Grass, Blueberry bushes
5000
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
5000
List an abiotic factor in a desert ecosystem
Sand, wind, rocks, etc.