Food Chains & Food Webs

Identify the choices below as either an autotroph (which produces its own food) or a heterotroph (which takes in other organisms for energy). Autotroph Moss Trees Grass Flowers Water Lilly Vegetables Producer Heterotroph Dog Hawk Cow Fish Grasshopper Rabbit Consumer Food Web Draw arrows in the right direction to connect the food web and show the flow of energy through the ecosystem. Make sure you draw MANY interconnecting arrows and your arrows look like arrows and not just lines. Match Match the parts of the food chain. Producer Grass Primary Consumer Grasshopper Secondary Consumer Frog Tertiary Consumer Python Snake Quaternary Consumer Eagle What is the difference between a food chain and food web? Food webs only follow just one path as animals find food A food chain shows the many different paths that energy flows through many plants and animals. A food chain only follows just one path as animals find food A food web shows the many different paths that energy flows through many plants and animals. A food chain consists of many food webs. A food chain only follows just one path as animals find food. Biotic factors vs. Abiotic factors Identify the choices below as either biotic (living) factors or abiotic (non-living) factors. Biotic factors me tree grass chicken mushroom bacteria fungus cow an ant flowers living Abiotic factors sunlight wind rain soil rock temperature snow sleet heat cold non-living