Vocabulary
All the food chains combined in an ecosystem
What is a food web?
What are the reactants of photosynthesis?
CO2 and H2O
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?
The order in which energy flow in an ecosystem 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
The arrows in a food chain represents?
Energy flow
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
A symbiotic relationship where one organism benefits and the other is harmed or killed.
What is parasitism
Organism that cannot make their own food
Consumer
Fungi and bacteria are good examples of _______________
Decomposers
The struggle between organisms to compete for the same resources?
What is competititon
A symbiotic relationship where both organisms benefit?
What is mutualism
Organism that uses energy to make its food for itself
Producer
Name an example of an herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore.
Answers determined by the class: ex herbivore: grasshopper carnivore: lion omnivore: human
When one organism is hurt and the other is unaffected _________
What is commensalism
A diagram that shows the trophic levels of an ecosystem?
What is a energy pyramid
Give an example of food chain with five levels (stay within the same biome)
Determined by class