Food Pyramid
Where is the apex predator on the food pyramid?
the top
What does the word tertiary mean?
3 / third
What do decomposers eat?
All dead organisms
Where do decomposers belong on the food pyramid?
They don't belong
True or false?
Food chains are a single pathway of transferred energy.
True
transfer of energy
Secondary consumer
What do the arrows on a food chain represent?
transfer of energy
What organisms are decomposers?
mushrooms, bacteria, worms
Where do humans belong on the food pyramid?
At the top / tertiary predators
Where is energy the greatest on a food chain?
At the bottom
Why do the energy amounts decrease when they go up the food web?
Because not all organisms are eaten
What tropic level uses photosynthesis and are autotrophs?
producers
Which trophic levels are heterotrophs?
primary consumers, secondary consumers, tertiary predators
What does excess energy turn into?
heat