Food Chains and Webs Flashcards
1
Q
What do food chains show?
A
The tranfer of energy between organisms
2
Q
In food chains what do the arrows represent?
A
The direction of energy tranfer
3
Q
What do food webs show?
A
How lots of food chains are connected in an ecosystem
4
Q
What is a herbivore?
A
A type of consumer that eats the producer
5
Q
What is a producer?
A
Abgreen plant/ algae that makes its own food
6
Q
What is a carnivore?
A
A type of consumer that eats otger animals
7
Q
What is an omnivore?
A
A type of consumer that eats producers and other animals
8
Q
What is a prey?
A
an organism eaten by another organism.
9
Q
What is a predator?
A
an organism that eats another organism.
10
Q
What is Bioaccumulation?
A
The build uo of chemicals, like insecticides, passed along a food chain
