Producers
What is the process by which producers make their own food?
Photosynthesis
How does a consumer get energy?
Eating another organism
What shows the flow of energy from one organism to the next?
Food Chain
What is an organism that can make its own food?
Producer (Autotroph)
Which direction will the arrows be pointing in a food chain?
In the direction of the flow of energy
What is the scientific name for Producers?
Autotrophs
What is the scientific name for Consumers
Heterotroph
What chart shows the loss of energy from one organism to the next?
A consumer that eats only animals is called what?
Carnivore
What are the three categories of thing an organism can be in an ecosystem?
Consumer, producer, decomposer
What is the food created by producers called?
Glucose
What are the three types of consumer?
Herbivore, Carnivore, Omnivore
What are all of the food chains in an ecosystem called?
A food Web
A consumer that eats only plants is called a what?
Herbivore
Why is there a 90% loss of energy from one feeding level to the next?
The organisms use their energy doing their life activities.
What place on the food chain do producers occupy?
The base
A carnivore that eats dead or decomposing organisms is called what?
A scavenger
What are the different levels of an energy Pyramid called?
Trophic levels
Define a decomposer.
An organism that gets its energy by breaking down biotic waste and dead organisms, and returns raw materials to the soil and water. (Approximations allowed)
What is the difference between a scavenger and a decomposer?
Scavengers eat dead organisms, decomposers break them down
What is the chemical formula for the food Producers make?
C6H12O6
What type of consumer evolved to have flat square teeth?
Herbivores
Primary consumer, Secondary consumer, Tertiary consumer
A series of events in an ecosystem in which one organism transfers energy by eating and being eaten is called what?
A food Chain
What are the three sports Mr. Fulton coaches at Shirley Heim?
Volleyball, Wrestling, and Track