Food Chain Video
1. Why do we eat?
1. Why do we eat?
To acquire energy
2. What is a food chain?
2. What is a food chain?
A sequence of organisms that feed on each
other.
3. Where does the food chain always start?
3. Where does the food chain always start?
Abiotic source, usually the sun.
4. What is a producer?
4. What is a producer?
An organism that gets it energy for an abiotic
source.
5. How can we define a consumer?
5. How can we define a consumer?
An organism that gets its energy from other
organisms.
6. What are trophic levels?
6. What are trophic levels?
The levels of a food chain where organisms
obtain their energy.
7. Why is the antelope squirrel considered a
“primary” consumer?
7. Why is the antelope squirrel considered a
“primary” consumer?
The squirrel is the first consumer in the food
chain.
8. Distinguish between the secondary
consumer and the tertiary consumer.
8. Distinguish between the secondary
consumer and the tertiary consumer.
The steps of the food chain in order after the
primary consumer.
9. Where on the food chain is the “quaternary”
consumer?
9. Where on the food chain is the “quaternary”
consumer?
At the top
10. What is a food web?
10. What is a food web?
A combination of food chains that are
interconnected to create a network of feeding
relationships.
11. What is the detritivore trophic level?
11. What is the detritivore trophic level?
An organism that feeds on waste products or
dead organic material.
Why is only about 90% of the energy is passed
along at each trophic level?
Why is about 10% of the energy is lost while
being passed along at each trophic level?
Due to the mobility and living conditions.
Which of the following uses sun energy to make
food?
A. Heterotrophs
B. Animals
C. Plants
D. Cells
Which of the following uses sun energy to make
food?
A. Heterotrophs
B. Animals
C. Plants
D. Cells
All green plants, algae, and some bacteria are
___________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Heterotrophs
Animals
Consumers
Producers
All green plants, algae, and some bacteria are
___________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Heterotrophs
Animals
Consumers
Producers
A ___________ is an organism that eats other
organisms.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Trophic
Omnivore
Plants
Herbivore
A ___________ is an organism that eats other
organisms.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Trophic
Omnivore
Plants
Herbivore
A consumer that eats only plants is called an
___________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Herbivore
Omnivore
Carnivore
Organism
If an organism is eaten or decomposes, the
consumer or decomposer takes in the
_________stored in the original organism.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Food
Tissues
Life
Energy
If an organism is eaten or decomposes, the
consumer or decomposer takes in the
_________stored in the original organism.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Food
Tissues
Life
Energy
Trophic levels shows the _________ of energy
transfer from one organism to another.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Importance
Need
Levels
Necessity
Trophic levels shows the _________ of energy
transfer from one organism to another.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Importance
Need
Levels
Necessity
The arrows in a food chain represent the
__________ of energy from the body of the
consumed organism to the body of the
consumer of that organism.
A. Direction
B. Power
C. Importance
D. Level
The arrows in a food chain represent the
__________ of energy from the body of the
consumed organism to the body of the
consumer of that organism.
A. Direction
B. Power
C. Importance
D. Level
__________ form the base of food chains.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Animals
Heterotrophs
Tertiary
Autotrophs
__________ form the base of food chains.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Animals
Heterotrophs
Tertiary
Autotrophs
Producers transfer energy to the first, or
________ consumer in the food chain.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Secondary
Tertiary
Primary
Last
Producers transfer energy to the first, or
________ consumer in the food chain.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Secondary
Tertiary
Primary
Last
The secondary consumer _________ the
primary consumer.
A. Passes over
B. Consumes
C. Grows
D. Energizes
The secondary consumer _________ the
primary consumer.
A. Passes over
B. Consumes
C. Grows
D. Energizes
A _________ __________ is the combination of
many food chains.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Tertiary level
Primary level
Secondary level
Food web
A _________ __________ is the combination of
many food chains.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Tertiary level
Primary level
Secondary level
Food web
Many different ________ ________ lead from
the producers to the top predators.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Trophic levels
Consumers levels
Heterotrophic levels
Autotrophic levels
Many different ________ ________ lead from
the producers to the top predators.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Trophic levels
Consumers levels
Heterotrophic levels
Autotrophic levels