Ecosystems
Producers, Consumers, Decomposers
Food Chains and Food Webs
Symbiosis
Extra
100
What do we call all of the organisms living in a place together with their environment?
Ecosystem
100
What are organisms that make their own food?
Producers
100
What begins every food chain and food web?
Producers (plants)
100
Which relationship benefits both species? (good for me, good for you)
Mutualism
100
What do we call an organism that hunts down and eats other organisms?
Predator
200
What do we call all of the living things in an environment?
Biotic parts
200
What are organisms that eat other things to get their energy?
Consumers
200
What do the arrows in food chains and food webs represent?
The flow of energy. What organism eats what.
200
Which relationship benefits one species and harms the other species? (good for me, bad for you)
Parasitism
200
What do we call the organism who eats both plants and animals?
Omnivore
300
What do we call all of the nonliving parts of an environment?
Abiotic parts
300
What are organisms that break down dead waste and materials?
Decomposers
300
Which of the following best represents the flow of energy in a food chain?
Grass > Grasshopper > Mouse > Hawk
Hawk > Grass > Mouse > Grasshopper
Mouse > Hawk > Grasshopper > Grass
Grasshopper > Hawk > Grass > Mouse
Option 1.
300
Which relationship benefits one species and has no affect on the other species? (good for me, does not affect you)
Commensalism
300
Name an example of a decomposer.
Mushroom, fungi, etc.
400
What is the most important energy source that plants use to make their food?
The sun
400
Why are decomposers important?
They help remove dead waste and help keep the environment clean and healthy.
400
Give an example of a producer.
Plant, grass, flower, etc.
400
A tick on a dog is what type of symbiotic relationship?
Parasitism
400
What happens to food chains and food webs when one organism dies off?
It eventually affects the entire chain or web.
500
Name something you might find in a pond ecosystem.
Plants, water, fish, frog, algae, etc.
500
Give an example of a consumer.
Humans, animals
500
Name an organism that eats the frog.
Owl or Snake
500
The organism that the parasite feeds off of is called the what?
A. Vein
B. Producer
C. Host
D. Predator
C. Host
500
Name three things that living things need in order to survive.
Food, water, air, shelter, sunlight, etc.