Ecosystems 2

VOCABULARY, PART 1 Match each description in the first column with its term in the second column. Use each term only once. Use the symbols to help you decide which description goes with which term. * 1. Green plants, which make their own food * a. producers # 2. Animals, which cannot make their own food # b. consumers * 3. Animals that eat only plants * c. herbivores # 4. An environment that meets the needs of an organism # d. habitat VOCABULARY, PART 2 Match each description in the first column with its term in the second column. Use each term only once. Use the symbols to help you decide which description goes with which term. * 5. Movement of food energy in a series of organisms * e. food chain # 6. All the living and nonliving things that surround you # f. environment * 7. Consumers that eat prey * g. predators # 8. Animals that eat only meat # h. carnivores 9. What is an environment that meets the needs of an organism? food chain habitat 10. From where does a first-level consumer get most of its energy? producers second-level consumers 11. Which of the following is an abiotic factor? rainfall dead tree 12. Where do green plants get most of the energy they need to make their own food? carbon dioxide sunlight 13. What is an animal that eats BOTH producers and consumers? predator ominvore 14. Which animal is a carnivore? cow lion 15. Which of the following is a population? all the black beetles in a rotting log all the herbivores in a grassland 16. Miguel is writing a report about producers, consumers, herbivores, carnivores, and omnivores. Which of the following is a false statement that he should not include in his report? Producers eat consumers. Herbivores eat only plants, or producers. 17. Describe the difference between the diet of a carnivore and the diet of an herbivore. Be sure to use the question in your answer and complete sentences. 18. Joan saw a mushroom growing on the stump of a dead tree. What could Joan infer about the role of the mushroom in this ecosystem? Be sure to use the question in your answer and complete sentences. 19. The diagram shows a simple food chain. Which organism is the producer? Which organism is the first-level consumer? Which organism is the second-level consumer? Circle the producer in the diagram. Draw a square around the first-level consumer. Draw a triangle around the second-level consumer. 20. The diagram shows how energy flows through an ecosystem. How does this diagram show that carnivores need (or depend on) green plants? Be sure to use the question in your answer and complete sentences. You should include at least two details. 21. The diagram shows how energy flows through an ecosystem. If disease killed off many of the mice, what are two things that might happen as a result? Be sure to use the question in your answer and complete sentences. You should include at least two details.