Wildlife Study Guide Section 1: Ecology I-A4: Food Chains and Food Webs

1. Wildlife Study Guide Section 1: Ecology I-A4: Food Chains and Food Webs View this quiz as a slide show from “the beginning” During the slide show, you can right click on any slide and choose pointer options then pen or highlighter to write on any slide. But you will need to right click & choose pointer options then arrow before you can click on any of the navigation links again. Click to Start

2. I-A4-1 food chain A ___________ is a model that shows how energy is passed, in the form of food, from one organism to another, 2 words f.c. Hint Answer Next Slide

3. I-A4-2 A series of connected food chains make up a _____________. food web Two words f. w. Hint Answer Next Slide

4. I-A4-3 Food chains and webs are organized by _____________ levels which are feeding positions in the web. trophic Starts with t Hint Answer Next Slide

5. I-A4-4 The lowest trophic level contains the _____________ which manufacture their own food and the _____________ which break down existing organic material. producers decomposers 1st blank are all autotrophs; 2nd blank starts with a d Hint Answer Next Slide

6. I-A4-5 Plants generally fall into ____________ category while fungi are typically _____________. producer decomposers No hint Hint Answer Next Slide

7. I-A4-6 The organisms which feed on plants and other producers are then considered to be _______________. primary consumers 2 words p.c. Hint Answer Next Slide

8. I-A4-7 Anything that eats a primary consumer is then considered to be a _________________. secondary consumer No hint Hint Answer Next Slide

9. I-A4-8 Animals that eat secondary consumers are known as _________________. tertiary consumers No hint Hint Answer Next Slide

10. I-A4-9 Food chains and food webs are, therefore, comprised of multiple __________________ relationships predator and prey p. & p. Hint Answer Next Slide

11. I-A4-10 Label the Diagram Phytoplankton Tertiary consumer Secondary consumer Primary consumer Primary produce Hint – word bank Answer Next Slide

12. I-A4-11 herbivores Within the food chain, _____________ consume plant material and are typically classified as primary consumers. No hint Hint Answer Next Slide

13. I-A4-12 Organisms that consume both plants and animals are defined as, ______________ while organisms which only eat other organisms are considered to be ___________. omnivores carnivores No hint Hint Answer Next Slide

14. I-A4-13 Some species only eat insects and invertebrates. These species are considered to be _____________. insectivores No hint Hint Answer Next Slide

15. I-A4-14 Species that feed almost exclusively on seeds are considered to be _____________. granivores No hint Hint Answer Next Slide

16. Match the columns ___ Short-tailed shrew ___ Rabbits ___ Foxes ___ Bobcats ___ White-tail deer ___ Raccoons ___ Opossums ___ Cougars I-A4-15 D A B C A B B C Herbivore Omnivore Carnivore Insectivores Granivores No hint Hint Answer Last Slide