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Food Chains/Food Web
Question | Answer |
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organisms that get their energy from the sun | Producers |
organisms that have to eat survive | consumers |
show the transfer of energy in ecosystems | arrows |
the arrows in a food chain show | flow of energy |
all energy for producers come from | the sun |
herbivores eat | only plants |
carnivores eat | meat |
omnivores eat | both plants and meat |
every food chain starts with | the producer |
______________ consumers are the first animals in a food chain | primary |
primary consumers always eat | the producers |
______________ consumers are the second animals in a food chain | secondary |
secondary consumers always eat | primary consumers |
______________ consumers are the third animal in a food chain | tertiary |
tertiary consumers always eat | secondary consumers |
_____________ break down dead plants and animals | decomposers |
what happens when decomposers break down dead plants and animals? | the nutrients are returned back to the soil. |
_______________ are at the end of a food chain usually | decomposers |
_____________is the animal being hunted | prey |
_____________is the animal that is hunting other animals | predator |
the top animal in the food chain or food web: | apex predator |
Food chains happen in every: | biome and ecosystem |
In the energy pyramid, from the top to the bottom: | decomposer tertiary consumer secondary consumer primary consumer produce |