Food Chains & Food Webs

Energy enters an ecosystem through _____ and is incorporated into plant tissue

• Water cycle

• Photosynthesis

• Digestion

• Decomposition

An animal that eats only plants.

• Scavenger

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

Select a primary producer from the list below

• Worm

• Cow

• Lion

• Plant

An animal that eats both plants and animals.

• Carnivore

• Scavenger

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

An animal that eats only meat.

• Carnivore

• Scavenger

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

Organisms that breakdown all the dead plants and animals and their waste and are converted into nutrients for plants.

• Carnivores

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Producers

A diagram that shows the transfer of energy from one organism to another (who is eaten by what).

• Food Chain

• Environment

• Ecosystem

• Food Web

A diagram that shows the transfer of energy in an ecosystem by using several food chains.

• Food Chain

• Environment

• Ecosystem

• Food Web

Look at the picture below, what animal competes with Hawks for mice?

• Snakes

• Rabbits

• Foxes

• Both Foxes and Snakes

Look at the picture below, If a farmer put out poison and poisoned all the mice, who might also be poisoned?

• Rabbits

• Foxes

• Spiders

• Toads