Food Web Interactions

When a dolphin swims in water he is interacting with a ....

• living thing 
• nonliving thing

When a mouse gets energy from grass it is interacting with a ....

• living thing 
• nonliving thing

A hawk is flying over the trees what nonliving part of the ecosystem  is he using?

• tree
• flowers
• air
• feathers

An organism is a 

• living thing
• nonliving thing
• fossil fuel
• air

How would you classify a cow based on the information below:
Cows are mammals.
They produce milk
They eat grasses 
Cows' hide is used for leather

• consumer
• carnivore
• producer
• decomposer

How would you classify a penguin based the information listed:
Eats fish
slides on its belly 
bird that can swim
gets eaten by Killer Whales

• herbivore
• decomposer
• producer
• consumer

How would you NOT classify a penguin based the information listed:
Eats fish
slides on its belly 
bird that can swim
gets eaten by Killer Whales

• Carnivore
• predator
•  prey
• herbivore

Bacteria, fungi, mold, worms, mushrooms all eat decaying material and then release nutrients into the soil. How do we classify these organisms?

• producers
• herbivores
• decomposers
• consumers

What organism releases the most energy into a food web?

• the top predators
• the consumers
• the mammals
• the producers

Pigs eat both plants & animals. They are clasified as an ___?

• herbivore
• canivore
• omnivore
• insectivore