FREE BIOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT FOOD CHAIN

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FREE BIOLOGY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT FOOD CHAIN

VOCAB EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Primary consumer

Answer:

A first level consumer that eats the producer. (also known as an herbivore because of that)

Question 2: carrion

Answer:

The meat from animals that have died

Question 3: omnivore

Answer:

A consumer that eats a combination of plants and animals (eats all)

Question 4: energy pyramid

Answer:

shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food chain/web; the most energy is available at the producer (1st) level, and the least energy is available at the top-most consumer

Question 5: heterotroph

Answer:

organisms that rely on other organisms to obtain energy through eating them.

Question 6: herbivore

Answer:

A consumer that eats only plants (eats plants-"herb")

Question 7: scavenger

Answer:

A specialized carnivore that only eats food that is already dead and that they have not killed themselves (carrion)

Question 8: carnivore

Answer:

A consumer that eats only animals(eats meat-carne)

Question 9: trophic level

Answer:

Trophic levels are the levels within the food chain where an organism obtains its energy. Usually shown on an energy pyramid.

Question 10: food web

Answer:

A pattern of overlapping food chains in an ecosystem

Question 11: Secondary consumer

Answer:

Consumes food from the primary consumer meaning it is a carnivore.

Question 12: autotroph

Answer:

organisms that make their own food through photosynthesis - i.e.-plants!

Question 13: consumer

Answer:

Organisms that eat other organisms for energy . there are three types - carnivore, herbivore and omnivore

Question 14: food chain

Answer:

Shows the flow of energy (food) and the feeding relationships between each organism

Question 15: decomposer

Answer:

Organisms that get energy by breaking down dead organisms. Bacteria and fungi are examples."Decomposer-dead-decay"