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