Food Webs/Pyramids
Trophic Levels
Vocabulary
Miscellaneous
100
Tertiary means...?
Third
100
How does energy flow from organism to organism?
One species eats the organism of the trophic level before it
100
The force that allows things to do work
Energy
100
Are trees decomposers?
No
200
Identify 1 food chain that exists in this food web
Grass -> Grasshopper -> Birds -> Foxes
200
Recycling of matter describes the role of whiat type of organisms?
Decomposers!
200
Which organisms are responsible for the recycling of matter and nutrients within the biosphere?
Decomposers
200
How are nutrients returned to the biosphere?
Nutrients are recycled from decaying organic matter by decomposers.
300
At which level would you find the least amount of energy?
The Top/ Tertiary Consumers/ Eagle
300
Who would immediately increase if Krill were to decrease?
Phytoplankton
300
What does an Omnivore eat? And what trophic level represents this?
Plants and Animals
Can be any consumer
300
What are 2 examples of Decomposers?
Fungi/Mushrooms
Bacteria
400
From bottom to top, what are the names of the Trophic Levels?
Producers, Primary Consumers, Secondary Consumers, Tertiary Consumers
400
Who will immediately decrease (2 organisms) if Krill were todecrease in population?
Cod and Penguin
400
What does a Carnivore eat? And what trophic level represents this?
Meat/Live animals
Secondary and Tertiary Consumers
400
What 2 things can be changed/added to a standard food web that are usually not drawn in?
The sun and the decomposers
500
Draw an energy Pyramid with the following 4 species-
Plankton, Herons (Birds), Fish, Shrimp
Bottom to top- Plankton, Shrimp, Fish, Heron (Birds)
500
How does the shape of the pyramid relate to the energy flow within the ecosystem?
less energy from one trophic level is available to the next level.
Also- More energy and biomass at the bottom of the pyramid
500
What does an Herbivore eat? And what trophic level represents this?
Plants, Primary Consumer
500
What is Mr. Ayala's favorite book series?
The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan