Vocabulary
Producers and Consumers
Extras
100
An pyramid that shows distribution of energy among trophic levels.
What is an energy pyramid
100
Organisms at the bottom of the food chain.
What are producers?
100
Any ecosystems listed in this section.
What are ponds, prairie, grassland, mountainous areas, and a single tree?
200
A measure of the total dry mass of organisms in a given area.
What is biomass?
200
It provides the energy for photosynthesis.
What is sunlight?
200
The name of this section.
What are Pyramid Models?
300
A diagram that compares the biomass of different trophic levels within an ecosystem.
What is a biomass pyramid?
300
Organisms that eat plants and animals.
What are omnivores?
300
The main geometric shape in this section.
What is a pyramid?
400
Each meal that you consume is packed with energy in the form of these.
What are proteins, fats, and carbohydrates?
400
Organisms at the top of the food chain.
What are tertiary consumers?
400
The second level of consumers in a biomass pyramid.
What are secondary consumers?
500
Shows the numbers of individual organisms at each trophic level in an ecosystem.
What is a pyramid of numbers?
500
Grass to prairie dog food chain is like.
What is producer to consumer food chain?
500
The bird on the front of the chapter.
What is an anhinga?
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