Food Webs

Front

What do the arrows in a food chain or web represent?

Back

They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms.

Front

Which of the following organisms is a producer? (grass, rabbit, fox, snake)

Back

grass

Front

What do we call a consumer that hunts?

Back

a predator.

Front

Which of the following organisms is a herbivore? (grass, rabbit, fox, snake)

Back

rabbit

Front

What does a food web represent?

Back

All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.

Front

What is a food chain?

Back

A linear sequence of organisms where each is eaten by the next one in the chain.

Front

Define 'producer' in an ecosystem.

Back

An organism that can make its own food, typically through photosynthesis, like plants.

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What is a 'consumer' in a food web?

Back

An organism that eats other organisms for energy.

Front

What is the role of a 'decomposer'?

Back

An organism that breaks down dead material and recycles nutrients back into the ecosystem.

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What is an example of a primary consumer?

Back

A rabbit, which eats plants.