energy pyramid
basic vocab
food chain
food web
producers and consumers
100
a graphical model of energy flow in a community. The different levels represent different groups of organisms that might compose a food chain.
What is a energy pyramid
100
a food chain is different from a web because it only shows one path and is
What is linear
100
where all energy comes from
What is The sun
100
organism that is able to capture energy from sunlight or chemicals in order to produce its own food from inorganic compounds also called a producer
What is autotroph
200
the amount of energy at a tropic level
What is an energy pyramid used to show
200
a chain of organisms in which each link feeds on the one ahead and is eaten by the one behind
What is a food chain
200
What travels through a food chain
What is energy
200
eats mainly dead and sick animals
what does a detrivore eat
200
first producer of energy rich compounds that are later used by other organisms
What is primary producer
300
the sun is...
What is the source of energy on earth
300
way of showing how food chains are related
What is a food web
300
primary producers are on what level of a food chain
What is the first level
300
what tropic level has the most organisms
What is primary producers
300
organisms that rely on other organisms for food supply
What is consumer
400
from the bottom of the pyramid to the top
which way does the energy tansfer
400
a plant or algae that makes its own food is called
What is autotrophs
400
bacteria or fungi are a type of
What is decomposer
400
what tropic level has the least amount of organisms
What is Quaternary consumers
400
eat carcasses of animals
What is scavenger
500
on the bottom of the pyramid is...
where would a plant sit on an energy pyramid
500
"others" food is the break down of what vocabulary word
What is heterotrophs
500
what helps people understand which animal is receiving the energy or eating the organism
What is the arrows
500
Phytoplankton is part of which Trophic Level?
What is primary producersr
500
obtains energy by eating plants
What is herbivore
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