Food chains, webs, and interdependence.

Question 1

What is a producer?

Answer 1

Produces its energy from sunlight.

Question 2

What is a primary consumer?

Answer 2

An animal that eats a producer.

Question 3

What is a secondary consumer?

Answer 3

An animal that eats a primary consumer.

Question 4

If there is plenty of food for prey animals, what happens to their numbers?

Answer 4

Increase

Question 5

If there are a greater number of prey animals, what impact does this have on their predators?

Answer 5

Plenty of food available for predators so they survive and reproduce, numbers increase.

Question 6

If high number of predators, what happens to the number of prey animals?

Answer 6

Prey numbers fall

Question 7

With fewer prey animals, what impact is there on the predators?

Answer 7

Fewer prey, means less food for predators. Predators are less successful and their numbers fall.

Question 8

With a reduction in predator numbers, what happens to the number of prey animals?

Answer 8

Prey numbers increase