Food web/chains

Question 1

Food Chain

Answer 1

A food chain shows movement of energy from one trophic level to another in an ecosystem eg Grass-> Cow -> Dingo

Question 2

Food web

Answer 2

Food webs show the movement of energy and the many interactions that are within an ecosystem.

Question 3

Herbivore

Answer 3

Only eats plants

Question 4

Omnivore

Answer 4

Eats plants and meat

Question 5

Carnivore

Answer 5

Only eats meat

Question 6

Producer

Answer 6

An organism that can produce/create their own energy (Plants)

Question 7

Consumer

Answer 7

Needs to eat something else to gain energy such as a producer or another consumer

Question 8

Trophic Level

Answer 8

The level an organism is found on a food web/chain is called Trophic Levels. There can be up to 5 trophic levels.

Question 9

Decomposer

Answer 9

responsible for breaking down dead decaying organisms to return nutrients to the ecosystem.

Question 10

Primary Consumer

Answer 10

Anything that eats a producer

Question 11

Secondary Consumer

Answer 11

Anything that eats a primary consumer

Question 12

Tertiary consumer

Answer 12

Anything that eats a secondary consumer

Question 13

Quaternary consumer

Answer 13

Anything that eats a tertiary consumer

Question 14

TRUE OR FALSE
No organism can be both primary and secondary consumers etc

Answer 14

FALSE, some organisms can in fact be multiple consumers, not just primary and secondary too

Question 15

TRUE OR FALSE
This is a food chain
Grass -> Mouse -> Eagle -> Even bigger Eagle

Answer 15

TRUE, a written sentence is in fact a food chain