Food Webs 5.9B

Front

What is the original source of Energy in a food web?

Back

Sun

Front

Which of the following gets its energy directly from a producer?

Sun

,

Plants

,

Deer

,

Snake

Back

Deer

Front

In the prairie food web, identify the organism that is not a consumer: Prairie Grass, Mountain Lion, Squirrel, Robin.

Back

Prairie Grass

Front

Decomposers like mushrooms get energy by –

Back

breaking down dead organisms

Front

In the food web diagram, what do the arrows represent?

Back

The flow of energy through an ecosystem

Front

Green plants are producers that begin the flow of energy between organisms in a food web when they-

Back

make their own food using sunlight

Front

Role of a decomposer in a food web?

Back

break down waste and dead organisms

Front

What two organisms get their energy directly from insect larvae?

Back

minnows and sunfish

Front

What is the role of the tree in the food chain: Sun → Tree → Squirrel → Hawk?

Back

To use Sun's energy to produce food

Front

The prairie food web illustrated here has producers and consumers. In this food web, how many more consumers than producers are there?

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