The primary consumers in this food web.
deer, rabbit, mouse and cricket
Food chains ultimately start with energy from what?
Sun
This is at the bottom level of a energy pyramid
Producers (Plants)
A diagram that shows the amount of energy at each level of the ecosystem.
Energy Pyramid
make a food chain with the following: mouse, snake, seeds, hawk
seeds -> mouse -> snake -> hawk
If all the producers where removed from the ecosystem what would happen to the consumers?
Consumers would die
List organisms that would go into each level of the food chain.
Examples:
Producers - flowers, trees, grassHerbivores - deer, rabbit, cow, goat, grasshopper
Carnviores - snake, bird, fox, coyote
Apex Predator - lion, bear, hawk, cheetah
Which way does energy move through the pyramid?
Bottom to the top
The path that energy and nutrients follow in an ecosystem
Food Chain
make a food chain with the following: grass, snake, owl, grasshopper, bird
grass -> grasshopper -> bird -> snake ->owl
The secondary consumers in this food web.
mountain lion, snake, hawk, owl, and frog
A food chain passes ________ from one living thing to another.
Energy
The top of the energy pyramid belongs to what kind of organism?
Apex Predator (Tertiary Consumer)
Bacteria and mushrooms are a form of a ___________
Decomposer
make a food web with the following: mouse, rabbit, snake, grass, hawk
Draw a food web and label each level.
Draw a food chain and label each level.
Draw the energy pyramid and label each level.
A network of food chains that have some links in common
Food Web
make a food web with the following: gazelle, bugs, grass, meerkat, lion
Organism that can be BOTH a Secondary Consumer AND a Tertiary Consumer in this Food Web.
Owl or Mountain Lion
This if found at each level of the organism and breaks down dead or decaying plant and animal material.
Decomposer
In an energy pyramid about 90% of the energy at a level is used and ______ is stored in the organism and passed up to the next level.
10%
Includes all of the living and non living things in an environment
Ecosystem
make an energy pyramid with organisms in each level