Vocabulary: consumer, ecosystem, energy pyramid, equilibrium, food chain, population, predator, prey, producer

1:The Food Chain Gizmo shows a food chain with hawks, snakes, rabbits, and grass. In this simulation, the
hawks eat snakes, the snakes eat rabbits, and the rabbits eat grass.
1. Producers are organisms that do not need to eat other organisms to obtain energy.
A. Which organism is a producer in this food chain?
B. Where does the producer get its energy?
2. Consumers must eat other organisms for energy. Which organisms are consumers in this food chain?
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The SIMULATION pane of the Gizmo shows the current population, or number of
each organism in the food chain.
1. What are the current populations of each organism?
Hawks Snakes Rabbits Grass
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