Biogeochemical Cycles
Process by which water travels through the environment/ organism?
What is the water cycle?
All food webs start with _____________
What are producers?
The 2nd level of the Energy pyramid is occupied by what feeding level and what percentage of energy is available
Primary Consumers get 10% of the energy
A food chain passes ________ from one living thing to another.
What is energy?
make a food chain with the following: -mouse -snake -seeds -hawk
What is seeds - mouse - snake - hawk
Which biological process do plants use to take in carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and get energy?
What is Photosynthesis?
_______________________________ animals that eat only other animals.
What are carnivores?
The base of the Energy pyramid is occupied by what feeding level and what percentage of energy is available
Producers have 100% energy
A food chain ALWAYS begins with__________
What is a producer?
Something that shows how ALL the animals in a COMMUNITY get their energy (food)
What is a food web?
What is biogeochemical cycle?
_______________________________ organisms in a food chain that break down organic matter.
What are decomposers?
What is the final level of the energy pyramid or food chain?
What is decomposers that put energy and nutrients back into the soil
The thing that eats the producer is called the ___________
What is a primary consumer?
An animal that HUNTS other animals for food
What is predator?
Humans have contributed more carbon to the carbon cycle by doing what?
What is burning fossil fuels?
_______________________________ animals that eat only plants.
What are herbivores?
The 3rd level of the Energy pyramid is occupied by what feeding level and what percentage of energy is available
The secondary consumers get 1% of the energy
All green plants (producers) get their energy from the ____
What is the sun?
What do all of these living things have in common? deer, rabbit, squirrel
What is they are herbivores
Animals get most of the nitrogen they need by what?
What is "consuming plants or other animals that have the nitrogen".
What is direction of energy is flowing between organisms?
The 2nd level of the Energy pyramid is occupied by what feeding level and what percentage of energy is available
Primary Consumers get 10% of the energy
What is a secondary consumer?
Consider this food chain: grass=> grasshopper=> mouse => snake Which organism is an herbivore?
What is the grasshopper?