Ecology

Question 1

What does a Food chain show

Answer 1

Shows the transfer of energy for one organism to the next

Question 2

What is a food web

Answer 2

A network of interconnected food chains

Question 3

Interdependence meaning

Answer 3

How the change in one population can affect others within the food web

Question 4

Producers definition

Answer 4

Organisms that produce their own nutrients using energy from the sun

Question 5

Herbivores

Answer 5

Animals that get their energy from eating plants

Question 6

Carnivores

Answer 6

An animal that gets energy from eating other animals

Question 7

Primary consumers

Answer 7

(Herbivores) - they feed on plants

Question 8

Secondary consumers

Answer 8

Predators that feed on primary consumers

Question 9

Tertiary consumers

Answer 9

Predators that feed on secondary consumers

Question 10

Decomposers

Answer 10

(bacteria and fungi)- they Feed off dead and decaying organisms

Question 11

How do decomposers break down dead organisms

Answer 11

They secrete enzymes