Vocabulary
All the food chains combined in an ecosystem
What is a food web?
What does CO2 and H2O stand for?
Carbon Dioxide and Water
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?
What is used to represent the flow of energy?
Arrow
A tiger is a good example of this type of consumer _____________.
Tertiary Consumer
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
Which directions do arrows point in a food chain?
From the organisms that are eaten to those that do the eating
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 10% of the energy
Why are there fewer consumers than producers in a food web?
There is less energy available the higher you go in the food pyramid
Organism that cannot make their own food
Heterotrophs
Fungi and bacteria are good examples of _______________
Decomposers
What organism feeds on dead plants and animals?
detrivores
If producers have 10,000 kcal of energy, how much is available for the primary consumers
1,000 kcal of energy
Organism that takes non-living matter and uses it for food (energy) for itself and other organisms.
Producer
A food web is a network of __________________.
Food chains
Decomposers that put energy and nutrients back into the soil
bacteria and fungi
Give an example of food chain with five levels (stay within the same biome)
include producer, primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary.