Food Webs Play

What do the arrows in the food chain indicate about the flow of energy in an ecosystem?

• Energy is continuously recycled by the organisms in an ecosystem.

• Energy flows in one direction in an ecosystem, from producers to consumers.

• More of the available energy in an ecosystem is given to large animals than to small animals.

• Organisms at the end of the food chain receive more energy than those at the beginning.

How would the removal of earthworms from the food chain affect the other organisms?

• The number of bass will increase.

• The number of crayfish will decrease.

• The crayfish will get their energy directly from the sun.

• The number of bass and ospreys (bird) will increase.

Example of a consumer

• worm
• bacteria
• mushroom
• hawk

A tree is a ....

• composer
• decomposer
• producer

What is a producer?

• an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms
• an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food
• an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste
• an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food

A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________

• ecosystem
• food web
• environment
• population

In the food web shown, the snail would be considered...

• primary consumer
• secondary consumer
• tertiary consumer
• producer

Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?

• Hawk
• Spider
• Grasshopper
• Shrew

Who is the herbivore?

• lettuce

• greenfly

• ladybird

• thrush

Level 1 on the pyramid

• Producers

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer