EOC-Flow of matter and energy

A food web is

• Two or more food chains that overlap.

• The path of food energy in an ecosystem as one living thing eats another

• An organism that eats another organism to get energy

• An organism that breaks down remains of dead organisms

What type of consumer eats meat and plants?

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Plants

What best describes what a food chain illustrates?

• Who eats who

• Food flow through and ecosystem

• Consumers going into other consumers

• Energy flow through an ecosystem

The roadrunner is a desert bird that eats fruits and seeds. It also eats insects, spiders, scorpions, and rattlesnakes.

What would likely happen if the roadrunner population disappeared from its ecosystem?

• There would be a decrease in the spider population

• There would be no more fruits or seeds

• There would be an increase in the scorpion population

• The rattlesnake population would stay the same

The rabbit in this food web would be considered:

• Decomposer

• Producer

• Primary consumer

• Secondary consumer