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Vocabulary
Food Webs
Categories of Feeding Relationships
True or False
Vocabulary 2.0
100
Any nonliving thing
Abiotic
100
This is the term to describe ALL the feeding relationships in an ecosystem
Food Web
100
This organism makes its own food
Producer
100
True or False: Twigs are abiotic factors in an ecosystem Double points for a correct explanation
False! Twigs were once alive, so they are biotic. Abiotic factors do not have the potential for life
100
This organism only eats meat
Carnivore
200
What predators eat
Prey
200
What does every food web include?
Decomposers
200
This organism eats other living things and does not make its own food.
Consumer
200
True or False Animals benefit from ecosystem services. Double points for correct explanation
False! An ecosystem service only exists for humans
200
This organism only eats plants
Herbivore
300
Anything that hunts and kills another living thing
Predator
300
Ultimately, what does every organism rely on in an ecosystem for its energy?
Sunlights
300
This organism eats producers
Primary consumer
300
True or False Populations and communities are the same Double points for correct explanation
False! Populations are many of the same individuals, Communities are many different populations
300
This organism eats producers
Primary consumer
400
Something that eats both plants and animals
Omnivore
400
Look at this food chain. Fill in the blank:  --> Berry --> Chipmunk
Sunlight
400
This organism breaks down dead organic matter
Decomposer
400
True or False Decomposers eat biotic organisms Double points for correct explanation
True! Decomposers eat dead organisms. Though they are not alive at the moment, they are still considered biotic because they were once alive
400
The scientific word for dead organic matter
Detritus
500
Something humans rely on in an ecosystem
Ecosystem service
500
What do the arrows represent in a feeding relationship?
Half credit- who eats whom Full credit- the energy flow
500
This organism is at the top of the food web. It eats both plants and animals and usually isn't hunted.
Tertiary consumer
500
True or False Seeds are biotic Double points for correct explanation
True! Seeds have the potential to live. Extra credit, for 200 points name 2 things seeds need to begin life.
500
Which of these is NOT an ecosystem service? National Park Gas Station Bird Feeder
Bird Feeder