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Food Webs Ecosystems Misc. PlantsFood Chains

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I am happy eating many different animals. What am

I?

A 100

A carnivore

A 100

I only like to eat producers. What am I?

A 200

Herbivore

A 200

I break down dead plants and animals and put nutrients into

the soil that plants use to grow.

A 300

Decomposer

A 300

I am happy eating both berries and small animals.

A 400

Omnivore

A 400

Find the primary consumer

Algae-shrimp-arctic cod-seal-polar bear

A 500

shrimp

A 500

What do the arrows mean in a food chain or food web?

B 100

Transfer of energy, where the energy is going

B 100

What organism do all the arrows in a food web point

to?

B 200

decomposer

B 200

How many herbivores are in this food web?

B 300

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B 300

What will most likely happen to a population of snakes if its prey

decreases?

B 400

There will be more competition among snakes for

food; the population of snakes could decrease.

B 400

Which of the following shows a food chain in the diagram?

a.Snake-grass-cattail-hawk

b.Grasshopper-shrew-cricket-cattail

c.Cattail-cricket-frog-snake

d.Marsh grass-shrew-frog-snake

B 500

C. cattail-cricket-frog-snake

B 500

What would happen to fish in a river if pollution killed the plant

life in the river?

C 100

The fish population would decline or die out.

C 100

What might happen if a new species is introduced to an

ecosystem that eats caterpillars?

C 200

Answers will vary: There may be more competition for

food. The lizard hawk and bird population might start to

die out or decrease.

C 200

What is likely to happen to a species of fish that

eat algae, if a new aggressive species of fish is introduced to a

river that also eat algae?

C 300

There will be more competition for food; the

original fish species could start to die out or

decline.

C 300

DAILY DOUBLE

C 400

DAILY DOUBLE

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List 2 adaptations that help a deer protect itself

from predators.

C 400

Brown color helps it blend in, can run fast to

get away from predators, etc.

C 400

In an ocean, a population of fish and squid eat the same type of plant. If the squid population grows faster than the fish, what could happen to the fish

population?

C 500

The fish population could decrease.

C 500

Describe at least 2 adaptations that help me

survive.

D 100

Answers will vary.

D 100

Name an omnivore in

this food web.

D 200

Mice are omnivores.

D 200

Why are producers important in a food chain

or food web?

D 300

They make food; they are the source of energy for

the other organisms.

D 300

Name at least 2 nonliving parts of an ecosystem.

D 400

Rocks, soil, air, water, climate (weather)

D 400

Why does recycling have a positive impact on the

environment?

D 500

Recycling helps to conserve our resources.

Instead of cutting down new trees, drilling for oil, etc we can take a product that has

already been made and make it into something else.

D 500

What is the process called that plants light energy use

to make glucose (food)?

E 100

Photosynthesis

E 100

E 200

What gas do plants give off as a waste

product during photosynthesis?

E 200

Oxygen

What a seed does when conditions are right for

growth.

E 300

Germinates

E 300

What could you label all of the plants in a food

web?

E 400

Producers

E 400

What gas do plants use during photosynthesis?

E 500

Carbon Dioxide

E 500

Where do producers get their energy from?

F 100

The sun

F 100

Which of the following eats producers? A.Green plants

B.2nd level (secondary) consumers

C.1st level (primary) consumers

D.Carnivores

F 200

C. 1st level (primary) consumers

F 200

In the food chain, which animal is both a predator

and prey?

algaezooplanktonminnowstrout

F 300

Minnows

F 300

GrassRabbitWolf

How do wolves benefit from plants?

F 400

Wolves eat rabbits, which need green plants to live. Wolves would not have

rabbits to eat if there were no plants.

F 400

If we picked the flowers off the plant, what won’t the plant be able to do?

F 500

It wont be able to produce seeds!

F 500

Food Webs

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What substance in the leaves of a plant changes light energy into chemical

energy (food)?

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Chlorophyll (found in chloroplasts)

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