Energy
Green plants that make their own food are called
What is a Producer
Animals that eat only plants are called
What is a Herbivore
A food chain always begins with a
what is a producer
Which trophic level contains plants
Producers (the first level)
This cycle involves the movement of H₂O through the ecosystem and atmosphere.
Water cycle
Animals that need to eat to live are called
What are consumers
Animals that eat only other animals are called
What is a carnivore
The thing that eats a producer is called
What is a consumer
Which trophic level can you find herbivores
The primary consumer (second trophic level)
In the carbon cycle, this process removes CO₂ from the atmosphere.
Photosynthesis
All living things need food to give you _________
What is Energy
Animals that eat both animals and plants are called
What is an Omnivore
Food webs are made up of _________ ________ that overlap
What are food chains
True or False
Decomposers can breakdown dead organisms from all of the trophic levels
True
This gas makes up about 78% of Earth's atmosphere but most organisms can't use it directly.
Nitrogen
What is the process plants use to make their own food
what is photosynthesis
A carnivore that hunts other animals
What is a Predator
What happens if you remove an organism from the food web
It begins to fall apart
How much energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next trophic level
10%
This process, performed by certain bacteria, converts atmospheric nitrogen into a form plants can use.
Nitrogen fixation
All energy comes from
What is the SUN
An animal a predator hunts is called
What is prey
What type of organism is found at the top of a food chain?
Carnivore or predator
Which trophic level contains the least amount of biomass (Number of organisms)
The Tertiary Consumers (the last trophic level)
Why are matter and energy recycled in an ecosystem?
Matter and energy cannot be created or destroyed (Law of Conservation of Matter/Energy)