food webs

The relationship between ALL the organisms in a community showing who eats whom is called a ___________________________.

• Food Web
• Food Chain
• Abiotic Factors
• Biotic Factors

One path that energy could take through an ecosystem is called a ________________________.

• Food Web
• Food Chain
• Abiotic Factors
• Biotic Factors

Where does the energy that travels through an ecosystem originally come from?

• Earth's Core
• Water
• Plants
• The Sun

An organism that lives by breaking down dead organic matter into simpler parts is a _______________________.

• scavenger
• consumer
• decomposer
• carnivore

A second-level (secondary) consumer CANNOT be which type of consumer?

• Carnivore.
• Decomposer.
• Omnivore
• Herbivore.

An animal that only eats other animals is a _______________.

• carnivore
• omnivore
• herbivore
• decomposer

A living thing that makes its own food is called a __________________________.

• consumer
• producer
• carnivore
• herbivore

If you connect all the food chains in an ecosystem you get a __________________________.

• food web
• food chain
• niche
• symbiosis

Which shows a complete picture of the flow of energy through an ecosystem.

• Food Chain
• Food Web

Recently, a family of bobcats moved into an area with a large rabbit population. What changes may occur in the ecosystem?

• The rabbit population may increase
• The rabbit population may decrease
• The rabbit population may increase first, then decrease
• The rabbit population will remain the same