Food Chain
This organism gets its energy from the sun.
What is a producer?
Several food chains can be connected to make this.
What is a food web?
The home of a living thing
What is a habitat?
When a species is at risk of extinction
What is endangered?
This organism eats only meat
What is a carnivore?
An animal that captures, kills, and eats an animal of another species.
What is a predator?
Where large number of trees are cut down
What is deforestation?
Areas where fishing and hunting are not permitted.
This type of consumer eats producers
What is a primary consumer?
An animal which is eaten by a predator.
What is prey?
When an entire species dies
There is less of this as more and more species die out.
What is biodiversity?
This organism breaks down dead organisms and turns them into nutrients
What is a decomposer?
This organism relies on another living thing called a host.
What is a parasite?
What humans produce that increases global warming.
What are greenhouse gases?
Name 1 cause of air and water pollution
What is cars and large factories?
This organism eat secondary consumers. Orcas are an example of this consumer
What is a tertiary consumer?
These consumers eat dead plants and animals that other living things kill. A piranha is an example.
What is a scavenger?
Name 2 causes of habitat destruction.
What are deforestation, air pollution, water pollution, overfishing, overhunting?
Name 1 way we can protect biodiversity.
What is pick up garbage, plant trees?