Habitats
What kind of habitat does the kangaroo rat live in?
predators eat their ______
prey.
Finish this sentence:
The food chain always begins with the _______.
Sun!
sun --> grass --> deer --> wolves
If the wolf population in Minnesota decreases, how will the affect the deer population?
The deer population will increase (go up) because the wolves are no longer eating it.
Which habitat would you find a prairie dog in?
Grassland
This organism makes its own food and is the second part in the food chain.
sun --> producer --> herbivore --> ???
What would come next?
omnivore or carnivore
producer --> mouse --> snake --> hawk
How will the mice be affected if all of the producers die off?
The mouse population would also decrease (go down) because they don't have as much food to eat.
Whales can be found in which kind of water environment?
salt water
_________ help return materials from dead things into soil.
Mushrooms are an example of ___________.
decomposers
sun --> algae --> snails --> ducks --> geese
What would happen to all of the algae if the snails disappeared?
The algae population would increase because the snails would not be eating it.
Which animal can you find in a wetland?
a. coral
b. bison
c. fiddler crab
d. scarlet macaw
c. fiddler crab
a. community
b. consumers
c. population
a. community
Which option shows the correct flow of energy:
a. leaves --> sun --> bird --> caterpillar --> fox
b. sun -->leaves --> caterpillar --> bird --> fox
c. sun --> leaves --> fox --> caterpillar --> bird
b. sun --> leave --> caterpillar --> bird --> fox
sun --> algae --> snails --> ducks --> geese
What would happen to all of the ducks if the snails disappeared?
Which type of tree can you find in an evergreen forest?
A pine tree
A group of the same kind of living thing in an environment is called the:
a. community
b. consumers
c. population
c. population
Finish this sentence:
A food chain shows the flow of __________.
energy
sun --> grass --> zebra --> lion --> fungi
What would cause the lion population to decrease?
If the zebras all died or migrated somewhere else. Then the lion population would decrease.