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What is the primary source of matter and energy entering most food chains?

Plants

What do all living things need to survive?

Energy

In an ecosystem, where do producers get energy from?

Sun

In an ecosystem, where do consumers get energy from?

Producers

In an ecosystem, Sun provides energy to what?



Producers or Consumers

Producers

In an ecosystem, Producers provide energy to what?

Consumers

Plants do not eat food. They make their own food through a process called what?

Photosynthesis

Where in the Plants does photosynthesis take place?

Leaves

During photosynthesis, plants take what from gas (air)?

Carbon Dioxide

During photosynthesis, plants take what from the soil?

Water

During photosynthesis, plants use water and carbon dioxide to make what?

Sugar

What is the original source of energy for most living things?

Sun

An animal that hunts another animal for food is called what?



Predator or Prey

Predator

What is the definition of Predator?



A) An animal that eats plant for food.


B) An animal that hunts another animal for food.


C) A plant that takes energy from sun.


D) A plant that lives in a small ecosystem.

B

Between Fox and a Rabbit, What is Fox?



A predator or a prey?

predator

Between Fox and a Rabbit, What is a Rabbit?



A predator or a prey

prey

Between a Fox and a Bobcat, what is a Bobcat?



A predator or a prey

predator

Between Plants and Animals, what are Plants?



Producers or Consumers

producers

When a consumer, such as a rabbit, eats a plant, it receives some of what from the plant?

energy

What is a food chain?



A) A path of food energy in an ecosystem from plants to animals.


B) A path in an ecosystem that goes from a water area to a land area


C) A set of restaurants owned by the same owner

A

What is the path of food energy called from the plants to animals within an ecosystem?

Food Chain

True or False:



All ecosystems have the same food chain.

False

True or False:



The first link in any food chain is always the producer.

True

True or False:



The producers in most ecosystems are typically the green plants.

True

True or False:



The second link in any food chain are carnivores.

False

What is the definition of a Herbivore?



A) An animal that eats only plants.


B) An animal that eats both plants and animals.


C) An animal that eats other animals.

A

What is an animal called that only eats plants?

Herbivore

What is the definition of Omnivore?



A) An animal that eats only plants.


B) An animal that eats both plants and animals.


C) An animal that eats other animals.

B

What is an animal called that eats both plants and animals?

Omnivore

What is the definition of Carnivore?



A) An animal that eats only plants.


B) An animal that eats both plants and animals.


C) An animal that eats other animals.

C

What is an animal called that only eats other animals?

Carnivore

What link are Seaweeds within an the ocean ecosystem?



First, Second, Third, or Fourth


First

Tiny organisms that eat tiny plants in a pond ecosystem are what link within the pond ecosystem?




First, Second, Third, or Fourth


Second

True or False:



Small animals called Limpets are herbivores and the second link in the chain.

True

True or False:



Organisms depend on each other for food, so they do not compete with each other.

False

Seagulls and Seals both eat fish and crabs. So what is the relation called between Seagulls and Seals?

competition

True of False:



Less energy is available for animals at the top of the Energy Pyramids.

True

True or False:



Plants store all the food they make.

False

True or False:



Jackrabbits use some of the energy they get from eating plants to look for food, grow, and run from predators. So, less energy is available to the predator.

True

True or False:



In a food chain, the further an animal is from the producer, less energy is available.

True

An Herbivore cannot be a ___________.



A) consumer


B) prey


C) plant eater


D) producer

D

Plants make food through a process of ____________.

photosynthesis

A bear eats both berries and fish, so it is a/an _____________.

omnivore

An animal that only eats other animals is a/an ______________.

carnivore

A small fish eats algae. A big fish eats the small fish. This describes a/an _____________.

food chain

An animal that eats only plants is a/an __________________.

herbivore

An herbivore might eat __________ .



A) grass


B) worms


C) omnivores


D) insects

A

In a food chain, as an organism gets further from the producer, the amount of energy available __________.



A) increases


B) decreases


C) remains the same


D) decreases then increases

B

True or False:



Each plant and animal can only be part of on food chain.

False

True or False:



Mohave Desert is a type an ecosystem.

True

What is a food web?



A) Two or more food chains that overlap


B) Food chains that are on land.


C) Food captured by a spider in its web.

A