Ecosystems and Symbiosis

This is ALL the living AND non-living things interacting in one environment

• Biome

• Ecology

• Ecosystem

• Symbiosis

What is the bottom layer of the energy pyramid called?

• Secondary Consumer

• Producer

• Tertiary Consumer

• Secondary producer

Organisms that have to consume (eat) other animals, plants, or organisms to gain energy

• Producer

• Ecosystem

• Organisms

• Consumer

These are organisms that produce or create their own energy

• producers

• consumers

• Tertiary Consumers

• Decomposers

Another word used to describe producers (create their own energy) is

• heterotroph

• autotroph

• carnivore

• pescatarian

Another word for consumers who have to find and eat their food is

• heterotroph

• autotroph

• carnivore

• omnivore

Food webs, pyramids, and chains show the transfer of ______ between organisms.

• sunlight

• water

• energy

• calories

The producer in this food pyramid is the base layer of energy, which organism is the producer?

• Frog

• Hawk

• Snake

• grass

Which organism in this food chain is the primary consumer?

• Grass

• antelope

• lion

• dung beetle

Which organism would be considered the SECONDARY consumer in this chain?

• Hawk

• Grass

• Snakes

• Rabbits