An organism that eats secondary consumers (3rd eater in a food chain)
Tertiary Consumers
Animals that eat both animals and plants
Shows the relationship between ALL of the species in a community
Food WEB
An organism that breaks down dead and decaying matter
Decomposer
When plants use water, energy from the sun, and carbon dioxide to create glucose, we call that
photosynthesis
an organism that eats producers (the 1st eater in a food chain)
Primary Consumer
Living things that hunt other living things for food
An organism that only eats producers (only eats plants or algae)
Herbivore
A consumer that eats only other animals or insects (meat)
Carnivore
The NON-LIVING parts of an ecosystem are called
Abiotic
The parts of an ecosystem that are LIVING
Biotic
If one organism in a food web suddenly dies off, how many other organisms in the food web will eventually be affected?
eventually ALL of the organisms in the food web will be affected.
An organism that eats primary consumers (2nd eater in a food chain)
Secondary Consumer
In the food web above, what would happen to the corn if all the rats died off?
The corn population would decrease (because there would be more grasshoppers)
How would the dragonflies be affected if the birds become ill and die off?
The population of dragon flies would increase
(there would be more energy (food) available to them because more houseflies and butterflies)
Using the food web above, describe the effect on the grass if the frogs become extinct (die off).
There will be LESS grass
In the food web above, which three organisms are primary consumers?
grasshopper, ant, rabbit
In this food web, which organism gets it energy from the detritus?
The WORM! (remember, detritus is dead plants and animals and worms are decomposers)
In this food web, out of the grasshopper, mouse, snake and frog, which animal is a secondary consumer?
The FROG
In this food web, which animal is an omnivore?
The BIRD
in the food web above, which organism will be most affected if the insects become extinct?
The RAT because insects are its only source of energy (food)
In the food web above, which organism is the top predator?
The HAWK (because it has no predators)
In this food web, which animal is an omnivore?
The TITMOUSE - it eats both berries and ladybugs
If suddenly all the Algae died, which organism would be the first to be affected?
The TADPOLE
In this food web, would it be worse if the all the Eagles died off or all the plants died off?
It would be worse if all the plants died off because the plants provide all the energy (food) that is available in the ecosystem.