Food Chains and Food Webs

A group of organisms of the same species living in the same area

• Population

• Food Chain

• Predator

• Prey

Answer explanation

A population of rabbits would be all of the rabbits living in the same area.

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Occurs when the size of a population becomes larger than the carrying capacity of the environment

• Secondary Consumer

• Omnivore

• Overpopulation

• Consumer

Answer explanation

When an area is overpopulated, it strains the resources of an ecosystem.

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Where do all life forms get their energy?

• Earth's Core

• Water

• Plants

• The Sun

Answer explanation

All of the energy for life on Earth comes from the Sun.

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Which is an example of a producer?

• A Human

• A Spider

• A Tree

• A Caterpillar

Answer explanation

Producers create their own energy from the sun in a process called photosynthesis.

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Organisms that make their own food.

• Producers

• Consumers

• Predator

• Prey

Answer explanation

Most producers are plants- They use sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to create energy for themselves.

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A simple diagram that shows how each living thing gets energy with arrows that show the flow of energy from one organism to another.

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Energy Pyramid

• Consumer diagram

Answer explanation

A food chain begins with a producer and ends with a consumer. Remember, producers get their energy from the sun.

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Animal hunted or caught for food.

• Producer

• Consumer

• Predator

• Prey

Answer explanation

Prey are often primary consumers. Secondary consumers hunt them for food.

An organism that breaks down wastes and dead organisms

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Herbivore

Answer explanation

Decomposers recycle the matter from dead plants and animals into soil that plants use to grow, but not energy. The energy comes from the sun.

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Eat plants for energy

• Primary Consumers

• Secondary Consumers

• Producers

• Decomposers

Answer explanation

Primary consumers eat plants, and are often eaten by secondary consumers.

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A consumer that eats only animals.

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Scavenger

Answer explanation

Because energy is lost as heat as you go up the food chain, there are fewer carnivores than herbivores and omnivores.