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FOOD CHAIN

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  • Giraffe is a primary consumer that lives in the ____________ (habitat).
    Savannah
  • Fungi are primary consumers. True or False. What are they?
    False. Fungi are decomposers.
  • Examples of decomposers are: _______, _____ , _______, _______
    fungi, bacteria, insects, worms
  • What is the wolf in the food chain?
    The wolf is a secondary consumer
  • Each step in a food chain or food web where energy is transferred from one level to the next.
    trophic level
    food chain
    ecosystem
  • The pyramid base contains _______________—organisms that make their own food from inorganic substances.
    producer
    consumer
  • Vegetables are example of ______________ in the food chain.
    Producers
  • What are these? What are they in the food chain?
    These are bacteria. The bacteria is decomposers.
  • A consumer that eats producers
    tertiary consumer
    secondary consumer
    primary consumer
  • An animal that is hunted and killed by other animals for food.
    prey
    predator
  • The grass is eaten by the bull, and the bull is eaten by the crocodile. Which is the producer in this chain.
    the grass is the producer in this food chain.
  • An apple tree is a _______________
    producer
  • The higher the trophic level on the pyramid, the higher the amount of available energy.
    True
    False
  • The cheetah and the leopard are both examples of _____________, because they are ___________.
    secondary consumers/ carnivores
  • TRUE/FALSE: Secondary consumers consume only producers
    FALSE. Secondary consumers eat other animals.
  • A top predator that is not preyed upon by other animals in the ecosystem.
    Apex prey
    Apex predator
  • Are chickens carnivores? What are they in the food chain?
    No, they aren't. They are omnivores, and they are secondary consumers.
  • What is a producer?
    A producer is an organism that produces its own food.
  • A consumer that only eats other animals
    carnivore
    omnivore
    herbivore
  • An animal that hunts and kills other animals for food.
    predator
    prey
  • All of the food chains in an ecosystem
    food chain
    food web
  • What is the leaf in the food chain?
    The leaf is a producer
  • A living organism that make its own food using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide
    consumer
    producer
  • Complete this sentence: Sharks ___________, and ____________ ____________ in the food chain
    carnivores/ secondary consumers
  • The zebra is eaten by the cheetah. The cheetah is the __________ ____________ in the food chain.
    secondary consumer
  • A consumer that eats secondary consumers
    tertiary consumer
    secondary consumer
    primary consumer
  • A ____ _____ is a process where different animals (or plants) eat each other, starting out with a plant and ending with an animal.
    Food chain
  • Plants are example of ______________ in the food chain.
    producers
  • A complex network of interrelated food chains in an ecosystem.
    food web
    food chain
  • What is the flower in the food chain?
    The flower is a producer
  • The consumers at each level feed on organisms from the level below and are themselves consumed by organisms at the level above.
    False
    True
  • What is the owl in food chain?
    The owl is a secondary consumer.
  • An energy pyramid is a model that shows the flow of energy from one trophic level to the next along a food chain.
    True
    False
  • An organism that breaks down dead organisms and waste materials and recycles nutrients back into the ecosystem
    primary consumer
    secondary consumer
    decomposers
  • A consumer that eats both plants and animals
    herbivore
    carnivore
    omnivore
  • ____ -> primary consumer -> secondary consumer--> decomposer
    Producer
  • A consumer that only eats plants
    omnivore
    herbivore
    carnivore
  • A consumer that eats primary consumers
    secondary consumer
    tertiary consumer
    primary consumer
  • Say an example of a food chain.
    A producer- a primary consumer - a secondary consumer - a decomposer.
  • TRUE/FALSE: Primary consumers consume (eat) both plant and meat.
    FALSE. Primary consumers are the herbivores and they eat only plants
  • Most of the food energy that enters a trophic level is “lost” as heat when it is used by organisms to power the normal activities of life.
    False
    True
  • A living organism that eats other organisms for energy.
    consumer
    producer
  • What gives energy to flower?
    The Sun gives energy to the plants
  • What do pigs eat? Are they herbivores?
    They eat earthworms, cockroaches, eggs, grains, and fruits. They are not herbivores, they are omnivores.