What is the process of the water cycle that produces rain/snow?
precipitation
Burning of fossil fuels is a process of the carbon cycle (true or false)
True
How much energy is transferred from a trophic level to the one above it?
10%
All food webs and food chains begin with...
producers
A fox would be an example of a biotic or abiotic factor?
biotic factor
What is the term that describes when water vapor is changed to liquid and creates clouds?
condensation
What part of the carbon cycle occurs when plants or animals die?
Decomposition (decay)
secondary consumer
In a food web, the arrow points to the animal doing the eating. (true or false)
True
Name the producers in this food web.
Phytoplankton and Seaweed
During condensation, water vapor (gas) changes to what?
Liquid
What process of the carbon cycle removes carbon from the atmosphere and into plants?
photosynthesis
What is the term for an organism that obtains energy from eating meats?
Carnivore
Which organism is the apex predator in this food web?
Hawk
What is the term for an organism that obtains energy by consuming plants and animals?
Omnivore
How do plants give off water?
Through transpiration
Where do primary consumers receive their carbon from?
eating plants
If there is 1000 Kcal available in the producers in trophic level 1, how much energy is available in the herbivores (primary consumers) in trophic level 2?
100 Kcal
The owl receives energy from which organisms?
Mouse and Rabbit
An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste is a(an)...
Decomposer
What does evaporation change water to?
water vapor (a gas)
What is the part of the carbon cycle that involves animals breathing in oxygen and out carbon dioxide?
respiration
The process of plants using energy from the sun to create the first trophic level is called?
Photosynthesis
This diagram shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.
energy pyramid
Which part of the carbon cycle occurs when plants, trees, or fossil fuels are burned?
Combustion