What animal is the apex predator in this food chain?
The seal
Shows how energy moves from one living thing to another in an ecosystem
endangered
food chain
overabundant
community
a consumer that eats only plants
herbivore
omnivore
carnivore
decomposer
what kind of consumer eats plants and animals?
producer
carnivore
herbivore
omnivore
Which would most likely harm a habitat?
sunlight
water pollution
sunlight
planting trees
Where do producers get their energy in a food chain?
The sun
Which is the correct food chain?
mouse, sunflower, insect, owl
sunflower, mouse, insect, owl
owl, insect, mouse, sunflower
sunflower, insect, mouse, owl
A population of deer recently increased in size. What could have caused the deer population to increase?
food sources were hard to find
Their predators were disappearing
a disease was spreading
their habitat was destroyed
Plant, Grasshopper, Frog, Snake. If a group of foxes is introduces, what is one thing that will likely happen?
there will be more snakes in the area
There will be more grasshoppers in the area
snakes will begin to eat grasshoppers
frogs will begin to eat plants.
An organism that breaks down wastes and the remains of other organisms
consumer
producer
decomposer
ecosystem
a living thing
extinct
organism
endangered
community
An organism that makes its own food.
decomposer
consumer
producer
aracnid
Which shows how energy moves through nature in a grassy lawn?
sun, rabbit, grass
rabbit, sun, grass
sun, grass, rabbit
grass, sun, rabbit
A type of animal or plant that is completely gone from the earth and no longer exists
ecosystem
endangered
extinct
overabundant
A model of all the food chains in the ecosystem, showing who eats whom
extinct
consumer
producer
food web
living things that make their own food from sunlight, air, and water
producer
consumer
decomposer
carnivore
Coyote eat mice. Which is most likely to happen to these coyotes if a new predator begins eating the mice.
There will be fewer coyote
more coyotes will arrive from other locations
Each coyote will spend less time hunting for food
the coyotes will produce more young
All of the living and nonliving features that interact in a particular environment
habitat
community
An ecosystem
consumer
the path that energy takes from one organism to another in the form of food
energy
food web
food chain
consumer
Producer, consumer, or decomposer?
Consumer
which organisms are decomposers and should be a part of a food chain?
hawk and earthworm
tree and fungi
squirrel and bacteria
earthworm and fungi
a type of plant or animal that has so few living members left that they are in big danger of disappearing forever
extinct
ecosystem
endangered
overabundant
Alligators eat frogs, turtles, fish, mice, and birds. What role does it fill in the ecosystem?
scavenger
consumer
producer
decomposer
a population of deer recently increased in size. Which most likely could have caused the deer population to increase?
their predators were disappearing
food sources were hard to find
their habitat was destroyed
a disease was spreading
What is the role of mushrooms in a food chain?
consumer
predator
producer
decomposer
A group of the same species of organisms living in an ecosystem
community
species
ecosystem
a population
A type of animal or plant that is completely gone from the earth and no longer exists
producer
extinct
endangered
consumer
A consumer that eats meat and plants
herbivore
food chain
carnivore
omnivore
In an energy pyramid, how much energy moves up each level? (Answer is a percentage)
Approximately 10%
Many interconnected food chains form a ____.
Food web
Grasshopper - frog - snake: what would happen if all the frogs disappeared from the food chain?
there would be more grasshoppers
there would be more snakes
there would be less grasshoppers
the grass would die
Which would most likely harm a habitat?
sunlight
rainfall
wildfire
planting trees
Living things, like fungi and bacteria, that break down dead plants and animals to return nutrients to the soil
decomposers
ecosystem
consumers
producers
what kind of consumer only eats plants
carnivore
producer
omnivore
herbivore
What is this a picture of?
food chain
An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals, returning matter back into the soil, is called a
producer
herbivore
competitor
decomposer
Producer, consumer, or decomposer?
Decomposer
Living things that make their own food from sunlight
consumers
decomposers
food web
producers
When too many of one plant or animal are living in one place
community
overabundant
extinct
endangered
which is correct to show how energy flows through a food chain
grass - mouse - owl - sun
grass - sun - owl - mouse
grss - owl - sun - mouse
sun - grass - mouse - owl
plant-grasshopper-frog-snake: if a group of foxes is introduced and begins eating frogs, what will most likely happen?
There will be more grasshoppers in the area
there will be more snakes in the area
snakes will begin to eat grasshoppers
frogs will begin to eat plants
What kind of consumer eats only animals (meat)
carnivore
omnivore
food chain
herbivore
A type of plant or animal that has so few living members left that they are in big danger of disappearing
food web
endangered
overabundant
extinct
Oak trees in a park produce more acorns than usual. The next year, chipmunk population increased. Why
available water increased
food sources decreased
oxygen levels increased
Food sources increased
Mice are the main food source for a coyote population. Which is most likely to happen to coyotes if a new predator begins eating the mice?
more coyotes will arrive from other locations
each coyote will spend less time hunting food
there will be fewer coyotes
the coyotes will produce more young
When too many of one plant or animal are living in one place
consumer
endangered
extinct
overabundance
Flow of energy. Which is correct?
producer, carnivore, herbivore
herbivore, producer, carnivore
carnivore, producer, herbivore
Producer, herbivore, carnivore
plants-grasshoppers-spiders-birds-snakes; If the spiders in this food web don't have enough to eat, it is probablty because
the snakes stop eating the grasshoppers
the grasshoppers do not have enough to eat
the birds stop eating the spiders
the number of birds increase
Producer, consumer, or decomposer?
Producer
All the different species of organisms living in an ecosystem
a community
consumer
scavenger
population
the energy that organisms in food chains use for growth began as energy from ____
cardinal
grass
sun
cricket
All the different living things that live together in the same place and interact with each other
ecosystem
community
consumer
population
An organism that cannot make its own food
consumer
ecosystem
food web
producer
a consumer that eats only meat
omnivore
herbivore
carnivore
decomposer
How does energy flow through this food chain?
sun, grass, mouse, owl
mouse, grass, sun, owl
grass, sun, owl, mouse
sun, grass, owl, mouse
Made up of all the living and nonliving things that interact in an area
aquatic
food chain
ecosystem
herbivore
Food chains that overlap in an ecosystem
community
consumer
food web
energy
All the living things that live together in the same place and interact with each other
ecosystem
community
consumers
population
______________ provides the ability to do work
decomposer
energy
community
ecosystem