Deck 9 Ecosystems 2.2 Classifying Organisms

Question 1

Producers

Answer 1

Living things that make their own food (energy)
(plants are producers.)

Question 2

Consumers

Answer 2

Animals that do not make their own food, but obtain energy by eating other animals or plants.

Question 3

Primary Consumers

Answer 3

Animals that eat primary producers: they are also called herbivores. (Plant-eaters)

Question 4

Secondary Consumers

Answer 4

Animals that eat primary consumers. They are carnivores (meat eaters) and omnivores (animals that eat both animals and plants).

Question 5

Tertiary consumers

Answer 5

Eat secondary consumers.

Question 6

Decomposers

Answer 6

Organisms (plants and animals) that break down dead organisms and waste into nutrients that plants can use to grow and reproduce.

Question 7

Food Chain

Answer 7

A model that shows how energy flows between living things in an ecosystem.

Question 8

Food Web

Answer 8

A model that shows the many different food chains that exist in one ecosystem.

Question 9

Classify

Answer 9

To organize things into categories based on their shared qualities or characteristics.

Question 10

Relationship

Answer 10

How organisms interact in their environment.

Question 11

Organism

Answer 11

Any living thing

Question 12

Energy Transfer

Answer 12

The movement of energy from one organism to another through food webs. (One organism eats another, taking energy from what was eaten.)