Food Chain/Food Web 1
A _______________ makes its own energy and begins the food chain.
producer
A ____________ cannot make its own energy and eats only plants for their energy.
Herbivore
What are the secondary consumers in this image?
rat, frog, dragonfly, thrush, wolf, and python
What is a single pathway in which energy and nutrients are passed between living organisms?
food chain
Who is the producer out of the following?
1. grass
2. rabbit
3. wolf
grass
What are the primary consumers in this image?
Grasshopper, Butterfly, and Fruit Fly
What's a Primary Consumer?
cannot make its own energy and eats only plants for their energy.
What is the percent of energy passed on from one level to the next in an energy pyramid?
10%
What's an energy pyramid?
it shows the amount of energy in an ecosystem and it's transferred
Who is the consumer?
1. grass
2. rabbit
3. wolf
4. rabbit and wolf
4. rabbit and wolf
What do you call an organism that breaks down dead and decaying organisms?
Decomposers
A type of consumer that eats primary consumers is called ____________.
secondary consumer
If the producer has 786,000 units of energy, how much energy will be used in the territory consumer level?
786 units of energy.
Which has arrows that represent energy transfer?
1. food chain
2. food web
3. neither
4. both
4. both - food chain and a food web
In what direction are the arrows pointing in a food web/food chain?
The direction the energy is flowing
What is a food chain?
A diagram that shows the transfer of energy with a single pathway
What is an example of a carnivore?
Snake, hawk, owl...
Worms, fungi, and bacteria are all
decomposers
What is another name for producer?
Autotrophs
Where does all energy begin?
The sun
What gives producers the energy they need?
The sun
What is an abiotic factor in this image?
The sun.
Of the following, which is the correct sequence for the flow of energy in a food chain?
1. consumers, decomposers, producers
2. producers, consumers, decomposers
3. consumers, producers, decomposers
4. decomposers, producers, consumers
2. producers, consumers, decomposers
What is the proper name for third level consumers?
secondary consumers
Which is a network of food chains?
1. food chain
2. food web
3. neither
4. both
food web