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51 Cards in this Set
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What is the primary source of matter and energy entering most food chains? |
Plants |
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What do all living things need to survive? |
Energy |
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In an ecosystem, where do producers get energy from? |
Sun |
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In an ecosystem, where do consumers get energy from? |
Producers |
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In an ecosystem, Sun provides energy to what?
Producers or Consumers |
Producers |
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In an ecosystem, Producers provide energy to what? |
Consumers |
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Plants do not eat food. They make their own food through a process called what? |
Photosynthesis |
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Where in the Plants does photosynthesis take place? |
Leaves |
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During photosynthesis, plants take what from gas (air)? |
Carbon Dioxide |
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During photosynthesis, plants take what from the soil? |
Water |
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During photosynthesis, plants use water and carbon dioxide to make what? |
Sugar |
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What is the original source of energy for most living things? |
Sun |
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An animal that hunts another animal for food is called what?
Predator or Prey |
Predator |
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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 |
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Between Fox and a Rabbit, What is Fox?
A predator or a prey? |
predator |
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Between Fox and a Rabbit, What is a Rabbit?
A predator or a prey |
prey |
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Between a Fox and a Bobcat, what is a Bobcat?
A predator or a prey |
predator |
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Between Plants and Animals, what are Plants?
Producers or Consumers |
producers |
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When a consumer, such as a rabbit, eats a plant, it receives some of what from the plant? |
energy |
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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 |
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What is the path of food energy called from the plants to animals within an ecosystem? |
Food Chain |
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True or False:
All ecosystems have the same food chain. |
False |
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True or False:
The first link in any food chain is always the producer. |
True |
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True or False:
The producers in most ecosystems are typically the green plants. |
True |
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True or False:
The second link in any food chain are carnivores. |
False |
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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 |
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What is an animal called that only eats plants? |
Herbivore |
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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 |
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What is an animal called that eats both plants and animals? |
Omnivore |
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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 |
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What is an animal called that only eats other animals? |
Carnivore |
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What link are Seaweeds within an the ocean ecosystem?
First, Second, Third, or Fourth
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First |
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Tiny organisms that eat tiny plants in a pond ecosystem are what link within the pond ecosystem?
First, Second, Third, or Fourth
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Second |
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True or False:
Small animals called Limpets are herbivores and the second link in the chain. |
True |
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True or False:
Organisms depend on each other for food, so they do not compete with each other. |
False |
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Seagulls and Seals both eat fish and crabs. So what is the relation called between Seagulls and Seals? |
competition |
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True of False:
Less energy is available for animals at the top of the Energy Pyramids. |
True |
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True or False:
Plants store all the food they make. |
False |
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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 |
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True or False:
In a food chain, the further an animal is from the producer, less energy is available. |
True |
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An Herbivore cannot be a ___________.
A) consumer B) prey C) plant eater D) producer |
D |
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Plants make food through a process of ____________. |
photosynthesis |
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A bear eats both berries and fish, so it is a/an _____________. |
omnivore |
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An animal that only eats other animals is a/an ______________. |
carnivore |
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A small fish eats algae. A big fish eats the small fish. This describes a/an _____________. |
food chain |
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An animal that eats only plants is a/an __________________. |
herbivore |
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An herbivore might eat __________ .
A) grass B) worms C) omnivores D) insects |
A |
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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 |
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True or False:
Each plant and animal can only be part of on food chain. |
False |
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True or False:
Mohave Desert is a type an ecosystem. |
True |
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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 |