The original source of energy in an ecosystem is _________.
Fill in the blank.
What is the sun?
100
What hunts and eats prey?
Daily Double!
What is a predator?
100
If one organism in a food web goes extinct, will all organisms in that food web be affected?
What is YES!
200
I eat producers.
What is a herbivore?
200
Arrows in a food chain show the pathway of _______.
A. food
B. energy
C. animals
What is energy?
200
Honey guide birds alert and direct badgers to bee hives. The badgers then expose the hives and feed on the honey first. Next the honey guide birds eat. Both species benefit.
A. Mutualism
B. Parasitism
C. Commensalism
What is A. Mutualism?
300
I hunt and eat other animals.
Daily Double!
What is a carnivore?
300
A food web shows more pathways of energy than a food chain.
True or False
What is True?
300
As bison walk through grass, insects become active and are seen and eaten by cowbirds. The relationship neither harms nor benefits the bison.
A. Mutualism
B. Parasitism
C. Commensalism
What is C. Commensalism?
400
I break down dead animal matter and return nutrients to the soil.
What is a decomposer?
400
All food chains/webs start with the sun and then a ___________.
A. consumer
B. producer
C. decomposer
What is a producer?
400
Wrasse fish feed on the parasites found on the black sea bass’s body. The wrasse fish get a meal and the black sea bass is helped by the removal of the parasites.
A. Mutualism
B. Parasitism
C. Commensalism
What is A. Mutualism?
500
I eat both plants and animals.
What is an omnivore?
500
Are the arrows in this food chain in the right direction?
Sun <-- grass <-- rabbit <--wolf <-- fungus
What is no, they are not?
500
A cuckoo may lay its eggs in a warbler’s nest. The cuckoo’s young will knock the warbler’s eggs out of a nest and the warbler will raise the cuckoo’s young.
A. Mutualism
B. Parasitism
C. Commensalism