Food Chains

What parts are included in an ecosystem?

• Plants and Animals

• Just Plants

• Just Animals

• Everything - Plants, Animals, Decomposers, Water, Soil and Rocks.

What is the meaning of the prefix eco-?

• money

• together

• make

• environment

A mouse eats a bug. A snakes eats the mouse. A hawk eats the snake. This is an example of a _________.

• symbiosis

• food chain

• apex predator

• organism

The root word bio- means ___________.

• writing

• the study of

• life

• eater

The root word -vore means _________.

• all

• eater

• plant

• meat

A koala is an example of an ___________because it only eats plants.

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore

• plantivore

A lion is an example of a _____________ because it only eats meat.

• carnivore

• meativore

• herbivore

• omnivore

LeBron James is an example of an _________ because he eats plants and animals.

• omnivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

• everythingore

Animals are ___________ because they can't make their own food, so they have to get their energy by eating other living things.

• decomposers

• producers

• consumers

• ecosystem

Plants are _______________________ because they use sunlight, water and nutrients to make their own food.

• decomposers

• consumers

• producers

• apex predators