How Does Energy Move Through Ecosystems?
What Role Do Decomposers Play
Vocabulary
Energy and Ecosystems
100
People are part of food chain. Humans play this role in a food chain.
What is CONSUMER
100
Decomposers are important to an ecosystem because their job is to..
What is break down dead plants and animals.
100
This is the process that plants use to produce food
What is photosynthesis
100
Name the 4 steps of the flow of energy in a food web
What is sun--> producers--> consumers--> decomposers
200
The energy pyramid is drawn in a triangle because... (Hint: Think in terms of the animals at each level)
What is the higher the level, the fewer the animals.
200
This is something that grows in nature that is a decomposer
What is fungus, like a mushroom.
200
In a plant, this is chlorophyll's job...
What is to make food
300
True or False Producers are the most numerous group of organisms
What is TRUE
300
Name an example of a decomposer
What is a beetle, fungus, or a worm
300
This type of organism can make its own food
What is producer
400
Name an animal that is a first level consumer...
What is [Any animal that is a HERBIVORE, which eats only plants] For example, deer, mouse, giraffe.
400
Besides breaking down plants and animals, what else is important about decomposers? Hint: It has to do with plants...
Decomposers return nutrients to the soil
400
This diagram shows what organisms eat and is an overlap of food chains
What is FOOD WEB
500
This is the percentage that is passed up the energy pyramid from one trophic level to the next
What is 10%
500
The process of decomposing is called..
What is decomposition
500
This diagram shows how much energy passes along as one organism consumes another
What is ENERGY PYRAMID
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