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Types of Organisms
Critical Thinking
100
A process in which plants use energy from the sun to make food.
What is photosynthesis?
100
An animal that eats both plants and animals.
What is an omnivore?
100
Which organisms in the drawing are decomposers?
What are fungus, termites, and millipede?
100
A wolf is an example of what type of organism?
What is a predator or carnivore?
100
Suppose that raccoon are the only scavengers in a certain area. If all of the raccoons were removed from this area, what do you think would happen?
If all the raccoons were removed, there would be nothing to eat the remains of once-living things. A lot of nutrients in the remains would not be available. The ecosystems would soon be overrun with remains.
200
An animal that is hunted by for food by a predator.
What is prey?
200
The path of food energy in an ecosystem as one living thing eats another.
What is a food chain?
200
What are the decomposers doing while they are helping the log decay?
What is releasing nutrients back into the soil, that will help the plant grow?
200
A skunk is what type of organism?
What is an omnivore?
200
Rats, raccoons, and red foxes are all omnivores. They are also most commonly found in many cities. Explain why this is so.
An omnivore would live in the city because it can eat garbage which is mostly vegetables.
300
A tiny living thing that can only be seen with a microscope.
What is a microorganism?
300
Two or more food chains that overlap.
What is a food web?
300
Along with decomposers, what other types of living things can be found on this log?
What are scavengers, producers, and herbivores?
300
What type of organism is a mouse caught by a hawk?
What is prey?
300
What would be the effect on an ecosystem if there were no producers?
If there were no producers then all the consumers would starve and die.
400
An animal that feeds on the remains or wastes of other animals.
What is a scavenger?
400
To break down into simpler materials.
What is decay?
400
What process is taking place in this picture?
What is recycling?
400
What type of organism is a vulture.
What is a scavenger?
400
In our bread experiment why did we put the bread in three different places? What are we measuring.
What is temperature.
500
A living thing that breaks down the remains of dead organisms.
What is decomposer?
500
An animal that hunts other animals for food.
What is a predator?
500
A log is home to what type of organisms?
What are decomposers, producers, and scavengers.
500
What type of organism is mold?
What is a decomposer?
500
Think about the following statement: Herbivores and carnivores are the most important to a food web then omnivores. Is this statement accurate? Explain your answer.
It is not true. Herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores are all equally important in a food web. Each animal in a food chain may eat or be eaten by animals in other food food chains, linking them to a food web.