Food Chain/Web
Conversions
Energy Transfer
Macronutrients
Roles of Energy Transfer
100
Where do primary producers get their energy from?
The sun.
100
60 seconds is equal to 1 minute. How many minutes in 240 seconds?
4 minutes.
100
How much energy gets transferred from prey to predator?
10%
100
What are the three (3) main macronutrients?
Lipids, Protein, and Carbohydrates
100
What are primary producers?
Plants
200
What is this an example of?
Food Web.
200
How many calories are in 5lbs of corn if 1lb of corn is 150 calories?
750 calories.
200
If a primary producer has 25,000 kcal how much would the primary consumer receive?
2,500 kcal.
200
fats, oils, and waxes are examples of what macronutrient?
Lipids
200
Herbivores are typically what type of consumer?
Primary Consumer
300
What does a food web demonstrate?
The possibilities of energy transfer within an ecosystem.
300
A mouse needs to eat 1/2 its body weight a day to maintain homeostasis. If the mouse weighs 3.5lbs how much would it need to consume?
1.75lbs
300
Can energy be transferred back from predator to prey?
No.
300
If you ate spaghetti with meatballs for dinner what macronutrients did you consume?
Carbohydrates and Protein
300
What level of consumer can a carnivore be?
Secondary or Tertiary
400
What is this picture demonstrating?
Energy transfer from seeds to shrew to fox
400
1lb is equal to 0.45kg. How many kg in a 4lb watermelon?
1.8kg
400
If 10% of energy is transferred and the bottom of the pyramid is 100% how much percentage for the secondary consumer?
1%
400
Which macronutrient contains the element Nitrogen?
Protein
400
A lion eats a gazelle. What type of consumer is the lion?
Secondary consumer
500
True or False:
Food chains only show one specific energy flow?
True
500
A cheetah must eat 425 calories/lb of body weight a day to survive. How many calories would a 78lb female cheetah need to consume?
33,150 calories
500
the primary producer has 783,000 kcal the tertiary consumer ends up with 783 kcal. How much energy does the secondary consumer get?
7,830 kcal
500
What macronutrient would herbivores not each much of?
Proteins
500
Grass is eaten by a rabbit, the rabbit is eaten by a coyote, and the coyote was eaten by a mountain lion. Which animal was the tertiary consumer?
Mountain Lion