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food web and chain
Symbiosis
100
An animal that eats plants to survive is called
What is an: herbivore
100

In the food chain: 

  Sun - cattails - Grasshopper - Frog - Hawk 

What would happen to the grasshopper population if the frog population decreased? 

the grasshopper population would increase because they would not have a predator 

100
Consumers that harm other living things by living in or on them are called:
What are: parasites?
100
The very first energy source in a food web or chain is
What is the sun
100

A tick on a dog is an example of what type of symbiotic relationship?

Parasitism

200

An animal that eats other animals to survive is called

What is a carnivore?

200
These living things are important to our communities because they recycle nutrients by breaking down dead organisms. These are called
What are decomposers
200
All of the living things that depend on each other for food in an area
what is a community
200
One path that energy takes through a community
What is a food chain
200

A Fish that attaches to a shark is an example of what type of symbiotic relationship?

commensalism 

300
An animal that eats plants and animals to survive is called
What is an omnivore
300
This kind of consumer needs both sharp and flat teeth to eat its food
What is an omnivore
300
These living things use air, water, and energy from the sun to make their own food
what is a producer
300
Many connected food chains in an community make up a:
what is a food web?
300
Mistletoe growing on a tree is an example of what type of relationship?

parasitism 

400
An animal that hunts other animals is called
What is a predator?
400
This happens when living things require the same things to survive, they may fight for it or they may _________ for that thing.
What is competition
400
Living things that cannot make their own food are called:
What are consumers
400
A food chain example would include the sun, a producer, a primary consumer, and then a secondary consumer. What is an example using living organisms?

The sun>grass>rabbit>fox


The sun>lily pad> cricket> frog

400

A bee and flower is an example of what type of relationship?

mutualism 

500
Animals that other animals hunt for food are called
What are prey?
500
Things that are necessary for life include:
What are: water, air, space, and energy
500
Consumers that feed on the remains of plants and animals are called:
what are decomposers?
500
If one link in the food chain becomes ill, how will that effect the food chain, and thus the community food web?
What is: if one living thing becomes ill and dies out, the number of those living things that consume it will also decrease, changing the population of its consumer. This will also effect the community and other animals that either feed on the ill animal, or are hunted by that animal.
500

Animals in a prairie community would most likely compete for this......

Water