Food Chain Vocab
what is an organism?
a living thing
Put in order of who eats who: owl,corn, rat
Corn-rat-owl
lion: eats zebra, warthogs, and antelopes
What are the four basic needs?
Air, Food, Water, Shelter
what is a producer?
an organism that makes it's own food
put in order of who eats who: fox carrots rabbit
Carrots-rabbit-fox
People: I eat all different foods, salads, strawberries, chicken and hamburgers to name a few
omnivore
What is a deep sleep-like state of inactivity in animals in which body processes slow down
Hibernation
what is a consumer?
an organism that eats other living things for energy
put in order of who eats who: grasshopper, grass, eagle,python, frog
grass-grasshopper-frog-eagle-python
herbivore
What is it called when animals move from one place to another in search of food, water, or different temperatures?
migration
what is an omnivore?
an organism that eats both plants and animals
put in order of who eats who: dandelions, fox, bird, frog, snail
dandelions-snail-frog-bird-fox
bird: I eat worms, bugs, seeds and fruit
omnivore
What is dormancy?
A phase of minimal activity (e.g., trees in winter, frogs in winter)
What is the main source of all energy?
the sun
put in order of who eats who: Seeweed, killer whale, seals, fish
Seeweed - fish- seals- killer whale
decomposer
What is another name for water as it falls to Earth?
Precipitation