How do living things depend on their environment?

How do living things depend on their environment?

by Sherrie Shaver

Multiple Choice

Which living thing is a producer?

• a fox, because it eats both plants and animals

• the sun because it produces energy all living things need

• a sunflower, because it uses sunlight, water, and air to make food

• a mushroom, because it breaks down the remains of plants and animals

Multiple Choice

How are herbivores different than carnivores?

• herbivores eat only animals, and carnivores eat only plants

• herbivores eat only plants, and carnivores eat only animals.

• herbivores eat only plants, and carnivores eat both plants and animals.

• herbiores eat both plants and animals, and carnivores eat only animals.

Multiple Choice

Which consumer is an herbivore? 

• goat

• bear

• hawk

• leopard

Multiple Choice

A scientist is studying an animals that has both sharp teeth and flat teeth. What type of consumer is she most likely studying?

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• decomposer

Multiple Choice

Tom is making a poster about consumers.  Which consumer should he label as an omnivore?  

• cow

• lion

• snake

• human

Multiple Choice

Why are decomposers important in a community?

• They eat predators that prey on other animals.

• They recycle nutrients by breaking down dead organisms.

• The make energy for all of the producers and consumers.

• They are a main food source for producers and consumers.

Multiple Choice

A scientist is studying a pond community. Which is the most likely past of energy in this community?

• plants to insect to frog to sun

• fron to plants to insect to sun

• sun to insect to plants to frog

• sun to plants to insect to frog.

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes a food web?  

• all the food an animals eats?  

• all the food chains in a community

• all the producers in a community

• all the food that gets recycled.  

Multiple Choice

Which relationship best shows an example of a parasite and its host

• a flea biting a cat

• a deer tasting berries

• a bird catching a worm

• a dog fed by its owner

Multiple Choice

Which of these describe a relationship in which both living things benefit?  

• a deer eats the leaves of a cedar tree

• a person touches poison ivy

• a bird makes a nest in a tree

• a bee drinks nectar from a flower and carries pollen to other flowers.  

Multiple Choice

Jenny is making a list of the resources that animals in a prairie community compete for. Which of these would she most likely put on her list?

• air

• water

• sunlight

• shelter

Poll

Which statement describes a predator and its prey in this food web?

• The shrew is a predator and the rattlesnake is its prey

• The rabbit is a predator and the grasshopper is its prey

• The grasshopper is a predator and the shrew is its prey

• The mountain lion is a predator and the rattlesnake is its prey.

Multiple Choice

A mistletoe plant grows on the trunk of another plant.  It takes water and nutrients away from the plant.  Which of these best descibes the role of the mistletoe in this relationship.  

• parasite

• predator

• herbivore

• carnivore

What is an Environment?

Write on your notes what you think an Environment is.

Multiple Choice

What do air, water, space, and energy have in common?

• All are necessary for life

• all are produced by plants

• All are absorbed by decomposers

• All are used by predators to catch prey

​What is a community?

​Write your answer on your notes right now.

A Community

​All of the different kinds of living things in an area.

​* Living things interact with each other and need each other.

​* One reason they need each other is to get energy.

​* They all need Energy to live but where do they get Energy from?

Write your hypothesis for where energy comes from in your notes

​Producers

Bamboo is a producer. So are grasses, trees, and other plants. What do you think a producer is?

​ Write your answer in your notes.

Consumers

What do you know about the word consumer?

​ Write your answer in your notes.

Multiple Choice

Which of these best describes what makes up a community? 

• All of the producers in a community

• All of the predators in an area

• All of the living things that depend on each other for food in an area

• all of the members of the same species that compete for resources in an area

​Important Vocabulary to Know

​Herbivore is an animal that eats plants

​Important Vocabulary to Know

Carnivore is an animal that eats plants

​A producer is

​something that uses air, water, and energy from the sun to make their own energy.

​Important Vocabulary to Know

Omnivore is an animal that eats both plants and animals

​Important Vocabulary to Know

Predator is an animal that hunts other animals for food

​Important Vocabulary to Know

Prey is an animal that is hunted by other animals for food