Food Chains & Food Webs

Front

What are plants called in a food chain?

Back

Producers

Front

A ____________________ shows how energy is passed from one living thing to another.

Back

food chain

Front

A ____________________ shows the competition in food chains.

Back

Food Web

Front

Which organism has the most energy and which organism has the least amount of energy?

Back

grass and owl

Front

Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming from them in a food web?

Back

More than one organism may eat them.

Front

What is a food chain?

Back

A sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another.

Front

What is a food web?

Back

A complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.

Front

What role do decomposers play in a food chain?

Back

They break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients back into the ecosystem.

Front

What are consumers?

Back

Organisms that eat other organisms for energy.

Front

What is the primary source of energy for most food chains?

Back

The Sun.