Vocabulary
All the food chains combined in an ecosystem
What is a food web?
An elephant eats only plants that makes it a _________________.
Herbivore
The base of the Energy pyramid is occupied by what feeding level and what percentage of energy is available
Producers have 100% energy
All the food chains start with this source of energy
What is the sun?
Description of how energy in an ecosystem flows from one organism to another
What is a food chain?
A tiger is a good example of this type of consumer _____________.
Carnivore
The 2nd level of the Energy pyramid is occupied by what feeding level and what percentage of energy is available
Primary Consumers get 10% of the energy
From the organisms that are eaten to those that do the eating
Which directions do arrows point in a food chain?
Organism that feed off of dead and decaying remains of producers and consumers
Decomposer
A plastic bottle and soil and examples of __________ components of an ecosystem.
abiotic
The 3rd level of the Energy pyramid is occupied by what feeding level and what percentage of energy is available
The secondary consumers get 1% of the energy
Organism that cannot make their own food
Consumer
Fungi and bacteria are good examples of _______________
Decomposers
Body heat, hunting, movement, reproduction, eating, defense
Where is energy lost at each successive level in an energy pyramid (food chain)?