Energy Use + Food
What is one example of how humans use energy that we do not have to think about?
What is breathing, thinking, sleeping, digesting, healing, etc.?
The foundation of any food web will have ______________ at the bottom.
What is producers?
All ecosystems must have _______________.
What are decomposers?
The shape we often model trophic levels.
What is a pyramid?
Sugar molecules like glucose can be used as ______________ for more complex structures like carbohydrates and starch.
What is building blocks?
The process by which plants convert energy to food.
What is photosynthesis?
An example of decomposer.
What is worms/mushrooms/bacteria/etc?
What is producers?
How we measure energy from food.
What is food calories?
The by-product of photosynthesis that is needed for humans to survive.
What is oxygen?
This would not recycle without decomposers, resulting in less food for producers and consumers.
What is energy/nutrients?
Humans are considered this because we can digest both plants and animals.
What is an omivore?
Tthe energy use category that adds biomass to the system.
What is growth and reproduction?
Plants are also know as __________.
What is autotrophs?
Invention that allows human to recycle material into the soil for their own personal use like gardening.
What is a compost bin?
The amount of the total energy that flows from one level to the next when consumed.
10%
1,000 calories is equal to 1 __________ .
What is a kilocalorie/Calorie?
The atoms bonded during photosynthesis to form glucose molecules.
What are carbon atoms?
Organisms, like Vultures, who can digest decaying matter often have a much stronger ________ compared to humans and other consumers.
What is stomach acid?
The process that causes top level consumers to pose a higher risk for toxic substances like heavy metals and pesticides.
What is biomagification?