Vocabulary
Food Webs and Chains
Energy Pyramids
Biomass Pyramids
Fun Facts from 2013
100
Makes its own food using energy from the sun.
What is a producer.
100
A linear series of feeding relationships within a food web.
What is a food chain.
100
The organism that is found at the bottom of an energy pyramid.
What is a producer.
100
The total amount of living tissue contained in each trophic level is known as..
Biomass
100
2013 Superbowl Champions.
Who are the Baltimore Ravens.
200
A consumer that eats both plants and animals.
What is an omnivore.
200
The organism at the top of a food chain is known as what type of feeder.
What is a carnivore.
200
The percent of energy is passed on to each trophic level of an energy pyramid.
What is 10%.
200
In what trophic level is the most biomass in a biomass pyramid available.
Trophic Level 1
200
What day (number and day of week) did we start school in 2013.
What is Monday, September 9th.
300
A visual map of feeding relationships and energy flow, showing the many paths by which energy and nutrients pass among organisms as they consumer one another.
What is a food web.
300
The organisms that eats the producer is known as this type of eater.
What is a herbivore.
300
Why is it more efficient to eat from the bottom of an energy pyramid?
You would get more energy available in a food chain and would need less food.
300
Where are there the least number of members in a biomass pyramid?
At the top.
300
When did the NHL season start for the 12-13 season?
What is January 19th, 2013.
400
The ranking of feeding hierarchy within a food pyramid.
What is trophic level.
400
An alligator eats a pig frog, the pig frog eats crayfish, and the crayfish eats plants. What will happen to the pig frog if the alligator leaves the ecosystem?
Pig from will increase, crayfish will decrease, eventually the pig frog will decrease with a lack of food.
400
If a primary producer produces 1200 calories of energy, how much energy will reach the tiersary consumer?
What is 1.2 calories.
400
If a human weighs 150 lbs, about how many pounds of food should they eat in a year?
What is 1500lbs.
400
The name of the former South African president who passed away, leaving morners across nations around the world.
Who is Nelson Mandela.
500
A nonnative organism that spreads in a community, that has an unlimited amount of resources and no known predators. (such as the Burmese Python)
What is an invasive species.
500
A species that has a strong impact on a community is known as a keystone species. What happens if the keystone species goes extinct or moves out of the community?
The food web will be ultered and negatively impacted.
500
How much energy is lost between each level of an energy pyramid and in what why is it lost?
90% is lost, mostly through heat.
500
Why is it more efficient for an omnivore to eat more plant-based meals in their diet than meat?
Less pounds of food would be needed to eat in a year, as fewer animals would be needed in the trophic levels above.
500
Who won the race for New Jersey Senate in 2013, after the current senator passed away.
Who is Corey Booker.
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