Trophic Levels
If the producer has 10,000 kcal how many kcal does the secondary consumer have???
100 kcals
What is a food web?
A system of interlocking and interdependent food chains
What is a species that is native to the land?
Keystone species
How is it a cycle??
The left over remain, gets taken over by fungi + plants to make more
what is mutualism?
If a producer has 100,000 kcals how many kcal does the tertiary consumer have??
100 kcals
A food web consists of all the food chains in a single?
Ecosystem
What do you call a species that invades into other species native land??
Invasive species
What is the order?
Herbivore, Omnivore, Carnivore, an Decomposer
what is commensalism
when one is benefitted and other unharmed
If a tertiary consumer had 1000 kcals, how many kcals did the producer have?!
1,000,000 kcals
What are the primary producers in a specific food web?
Autotrophs
How do invasive species affect keystone species?
They can strip keystone species of their land and food
If there were not omnivores, what effect would there be on the environment?
There would be more food for carnivores and herbivores.
what is paraitism
when one is benefitted and other is unharmed
What is a kilocalorie?
energy
What happens to the food web if one species is removed?
Its predators can no longer eat it and its prey are no longer eaten by it
What is one invasive species in the tropical rainforest?
Cheatgrass
Would there be an effect if there were not omnivore?
No
which is more common?
mutualism and commensalism
What is a trophic level?
A position that an organism occupies in a food chain
How does energy flow through the food web?
Producer, consumers, primary producer, primary consumer, secondary consumer, tertiary consumer,
Name any keystone species?
Wolves, sea otters, beavers
would it have effect if there wasn't a carnivore?
no
what is an example of a parasitism
dog and a tick