Food Chains - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.

1. C-an organism that BREAKS down the remains of dead plants & animals
   C- Decomposer
2. C-all the interacting members of a species in a single area
   C-Population
3. S-is the energy that is moved from one organism to another in the food chain. The energy decreases from one organism to the next
   S-Transfer of energy
4. S-are the nonliving elements in an environment. Ex: water, soil, air, light
   S- Abiotic Factor
5. I-are the living elements in an environment. Ex: plants, animals, bacteria
   I-Biotic Factor
6. C-to continue alive in spite of danger or hardship
   C-Survive
7. I-an organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy
   I-Producer
8. S-is represented by arrows. The arrows point the direction that energy moves
   S-Flow of energy
9. S-an increase in the number of individuals of a species over what its ecosystem can sustain
   S-Overpopulation
10. C-objects that have biological processes to keep them alive. Ex: Plants & animals
    C-Living
11. S-an action that occurs when 2 or more objects have effect on each other
    S-Interaction
12. I-process by which producer/plants use the energy in sunlight to create their own food
    I-Photosynthesis
13. C-a representation of the flow of energy amongst organisms in an ecosystem
    C-Food chain
14. S- an organism that gets energy from eating plants or animals
    S-Consumer
15. C-an interconnected set of food chains
    C-Food web
16. C-all the interacting members of a species in a single area
    C-Population
17. C- a part of the ecosystem that is not living. Ex: oxygen, rocks, water
    C-Nonliving
18. S- an animal that eats other animals
    S-Predator
19. S-organism that gets energy by eating only other animals
    S-Carnivore
20. I-an organism that gets energy by eating BOTH plants & other animals
    I-Omnivore
21. I-an organism that gets energy by eating only plants
    I-Herbivore
22. I- a single, self-contained, living thing
    I-Organism
23. I-is the beginning of the food chain. It provides energy for plants to undergo photosynthesis
    I-Sun
24. S-all living and nonliving things & all their interactions in an area
    S-Ecosystem
25. I- different populations that share an ecosystem
    I-Community