Producers
This is the process producers use to make their own energy
photosynthesis
This type of consumer eats only plants and give an example
herbivore
The objects organized in food chains and food webs ; living things
organism
An organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy
producer
Give two examples of a producer
grass, trees, flowers etc
This type of consumer eats only animals and give an example.
carnivore
The inter-connected set of food chains is called
food web
An organism that gets energy from eating plants or animals
consumer
Producers get their energy directly from where?
sun
This type of consumer eats both plants and animals and give an example.
Omnivore
All food webs start where?
the sun
An organism that breaks down the remains of dead plants and animals
decomposer
True or false : Primary Producers are the same trophic level to primary consumers
False
Another name for a herbivore is
first level consumer or primary consumer
A food chain shows the flow of __________. Only about _______ moves from one level to the next.
energy; 10%
If an owl eats a mouse , the mouse eats berries; the owl is what type of consumer ?
Secondary consumer
Describe the effect if all the producers in an ecosystem died
The whole ecosystem would be affected. The herbivores wouldn't have enough to eat and die. The carnivores wouldn't have the herbivores to eat so they would die.
Another name for a carnivore is
second level consumer; secondary consumer
Put in order: squirrel, lynx, evergreen tree, fox, sun
sun, evergreen tree, squirrel, fox, lynx
Why are there fewer tertiary consumers than producers in environments ?
Answer May Vary