Ecology Key Words

Write down the term which means 'An organism which makes its own food using light energy from the Sun.'

Write down the term which means 'An organism which gets food through eating.'

Select the term which means 'meat eater.'

• producer

• consumer

• carnivore

• herbivore

Select the term which means 'plant eater.'

• producer

• consumer

• omnivore

• herbivore

Select the correct statement.

• The lion is a primary consumer.

• The lion is a secondary consumer.

• The lion is a tertiary consumer.

• The lion is a producer.

Select the correct statement.

• The snake is a secondary consumer and a herbivore.

• The snake is a secondary consumer and a carnivore.

• The snake is a tertiary consumer and a carnivore.

• The snake is a tertiary consumer and a herbivore.

Select the correct statement.

• The fox is prey only.

• The fox is a predator only.

• The fox is both predator and prey.

• The fox is a producer.

Select what the arrows in a food chain show.

• The flowof energy only.

• Feeding or consumption only.

• Thetransfer of subtsances such as nitrogen and carbon only.

• All of these things.

Write down how many trophic levels you can see in this food chain.

Select the biotic factor which can affect predatir and prey numbers.

• Temperature

• Water levels

• Oxygen levels

• New predators or competition