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