Producers and Photosynthesis
Where do plants get their energy from?
The Sun
How can you describe an organisms 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
What role does the sun have in the food web?
The sun gives energy to plants so they can complete photosynthesis
What two things do plants produce from the process of photosynthesis?
Oxygen and Glucose
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?
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
After the sun, what type of organisms will start a food web?
Producer
List 3 things that a producer needs to make its own food
Sunlight, Carbon Dioxide, and Water
When consumers breathe out what type of gas do they produce?
Carbon Dioxide
What would a mushroom would be classified as?
Decomposer
In the food chain Grass → Zebra → Lion what would happen to the lion if the zebra population decreased?
The lion population would decrease
If there was a fire in the forest which type of organisms (producer, consumer, decomposer) would be affected first?
Producer
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
Consumers are dependent on what to get energy?
Other organisms
Which would be an example of a primary consumer? A fox, a plant, or a caterpillar?
Caterpillar
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
In a swamp, rabbits eat marsh grass. Bobcats eat rabbits. Identify the predator and prey and this scenario.
Predator: Bobcat Prey: Rabbit
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.
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.
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
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
List an abiotic factor in a desert ecosystem
Sand, wind, rocks, etc.