Food Chains and Food Webs

An organism that produces its own energy

• Producer
• Consumer
• Decomposer
• Predator

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A diagram that shows how energy is transferred from one organism to another

• Carrying Capacity
• Producer
• Food Chain
• Balance of Nature

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A diagram that shows how food chains are connected

• Producer
• Limiting Factor
• Consumer
• Food Web

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organism that eats other organisms to get energy

• Producer
• Consumer
• Plant
• Food chain

A parrot eats fruit, seeds, and insects.  Which of the following terms best describes a parrot?

• Herbivore
• Carnivore
• Producer
• Omnivore

A field mouse eats grass and grass seeds.  Which of the following terms best describes a field mouse?

• Herbivore
• Producer
• Carnivore
• Decomposer

An alligator eats fish, turtles, ducks, and small mammals on the bank.  Which of the following terms best describes the alligator?

• Herbivore
• Carnivore
• Omnivore
• Producer

In the arctic, polar bears hunt seals.  which of the following terms best describes the polar bear?

• Producer
• Predator
• Prey
• Host

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Mushrooms break down dead and decaying wood in the forest.  Which of the following terms best describes the mushroom?

• Mold
• Algae
• Parasite
• Decomposer

Mushrooms break down dead and decaying wood in the forest.  Which of the following terms best describes the mushroom?

• Mold
• Algae
• Parasite
• Decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3