Flow of Energy
the original source of energy for most ecosystems
What is the Sun?
This cycle moves water through the atmosphere, land, and organisms?
What is the water cycle?
A cow eating grass is an example of this type of consumer.
What is a herbivore?
What does an arrow represent in a food chain?
What is the flow of energy?
deforestation impact on the carbon cycle
What is it increases carbon dioxide in the atmosphere?
the process that plants use to convert sunlight into energy
What is photosynthesis?
This process releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere
What is respiration?
An animal that eats both plants and animals is called this.
What is an omnivore?
A food web is more complex than a food chain.
True or False?
What is True?
This one human activity disrupts the energy flow in ecosystems.
What is pollution?
Energy flows in one direction in an ecosystem.
True or False
What is True?
This type of organisms break down dead matter and recycle nutrients.
What are decomposers?
This type of organism feeds on dead organic matter
What is a decomposer?
What happens to energy as it moves up the food chain?
What is it decreases?
Burning fossil fuels primarily releases this gas.
What is carbon dioxide?
the term for organisms that make their own food
What are producers?
This form of nitrogen plants take in from the soil?
What is nitrate?
A wolf hunting a rabbit is an example of this kind of relationship.
What is predation?
Name a top predator in an ocean ecosystem.
What is a shark?
Humans can positively impact energy flow in an ecosystem by doing this.
What is planting trees?
About how much energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next?
What is 10%?
Name two processes that return carbon to the atmosphere.
What are respiration and combustion?
the term for an organism that eats primary consumers
What is a secondary consumer?
This could happen if one species is removed from a food web.
What is ecosystem imbalance?
This is one way to reduce our carbon footprint.
What is using renewable energy?