What is the energy "coin" of nature?
simple sugar
Where does the energy that plants use to make simple sugars come from?
The sun
What type of living things do oxidation?
Everything including green plants at night.
Who is always the first part of a food chain?
Producers
Producers
What three letters do all simple sugars end with?
-ose
What two things (apart from sunlight) do plants need to take in to make simple sugars?
Carbon dioxide and water
What do animals take in so that they can do oxidation?
Oxygen and simple sugars
Who is at the very end of a food chain? Nothing else eats them.
Apex predator
If the apex predator is 1 kg, how much do you need in the level below it for a balanced pyramid?
10 kg
How do plants store extra simple sugar?
Starch
What are the products of photosynthesis?
Oxygen and simple sugar
What do animals produce as a result of oxidation
Carbon dioxide, water and energy
Animals that eat only producers are called what? The answer is not herbavores.
first order consumers
Food pyramid levels show what about each population? Hint it is not the number of each living thing.
weight or mass or kilograms
How do animals store extra simple sugar?
Fats and oils
When do green plants NOT do photosynthesis?
At night
What did we need to add to simple sugar to be able to fully take it apart?
Oxygen
In this food chain who is the second order consumer?
grass -> mouse -> snake -> owl
snake
If there is not enough food for an animal in a food pyramid it can do one of four things. Name one of those options.
1) Die
2) get thinner
3) Migrate
4) hibernate
What is the chemical formula for a simple sugar?
C6H12O6
What is the name of the specific part of the plant that actually does the process of photosynthesis.
Chlorophyll (would also accept chloroplast since the chlorophyll is a chemical within the chloroplast)
Why might fish die in a pond at night?
The green plants do oxidation and use too much of the oxygen in the water.
What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
Food webs are made up of multiple food chains. Complexity
If the producers in a food pyramid suddenly shrink, what might happen to the 1 or 2 levels above them?
They might shrink or disappear