More Animal Info Flashcards

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Producer

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A living thing that can make its own food.

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2
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What is a living thing that can make its own food?

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Producer

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3
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Consumer

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A living thing that eats other living things to survive.

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4
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What a living thing that eats other living things to survive?

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Consumer

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5
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Decomposer

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A living thing that breaks down and feeds on once-living things.

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6
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What is a living thing that breaks down and feeds on once-living things?

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Decomposer

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7
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Carnivore

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An animal that only eats other animals.

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8
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What is an animal that only eats other animals?

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Carnivore

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9
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Herbivore

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An animal that only eats plants.

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10
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What is an animal that only eats plants?

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Herbivore

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11
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Omnivore

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An animal that eats both plants and animals.

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12
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What is an animal that eats both plants and animals?

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Omnivore

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13
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Predator

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An animal that hunts other animals for food.

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14
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What is an animal that hunts other animals for food?

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Predator

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15
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Prey

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An animal hunted for food by another animal.

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16
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What is an animal hunted for food by another animal?

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Prey

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17
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Food Chain

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The path that energy takes through a community as one living thing eats another.

18
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What is the path that energy takes through a community as one living thing eats another?

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Food Chain

19
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Food Web

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Two or more overlapping food chains.

20
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What is two or more overlapping food chains?

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Food Web

21
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Extinction

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The dying out of all living things of a certain kind.

22
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What is the dying out of all living things of a certain kind?

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Extinction

23
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What is an example of a food chain (using hawk, plant, snake, mouse)?

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Mouse eats plants. Snake eats mouse. Hawk eats snake.

24
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The ________ eats the plants.

A

mouse

25
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The ________ eats the mouse.

A

snake

26
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The ________ eats the snake.

A

hawk

27
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What is an example of a food chain (using mouse, mountain lion, fox, grass)?

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Mouse eats the plants. Fox eats the mouse. Mountain lion eats the fox.

28
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Of these four creatures, which two of the food chain are prey: mouse, mountain lion, fox, grass.

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fox and mouse

29
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Which living things are predators: mouse, mountain lion, fox, grass?

A

mountain lion and fox

30
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Many food chains can be linked together to form a __________________.

A

food web

31
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The three basic things you need to live are food, water, and ___________.

A

air

32
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One kind of producer is a _________.

A

plant

33
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An animal that eats only plants or only parts of plants is an herbivore. An example of an herbivore is ________________.

A

praying mantis

34
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______________ is dying out of all living things of a certain kind.

A

Extinction

35
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A living thing that eats other living things is a _________.

A

consumer

36
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A living thing that eats dead organisms is a ______________.

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decomposer

37
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A ____________ is a path that energy takes as one living thing eats another.

A

food chain

38
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A __________ shows a food relationship among plants and animals in a specific area or environment.

A

food chain

39
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Green plants make their own food from ____________, ________, and _________.

A

sunlight, air and water

40
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Examples of a decomposers are ________________________________.

A

fungi, such as mushrooms, and earthworms