Levels of Organization
This level of organization refers to one organism
Individual
These types of organisms are the base of all food chains
Producer
These organisms can use energy from the sun to produce food through photosynthesis
Producers
Does energy increase or decrease as you go up an energy pyramid?
Decrease
While a food chain shows one possible path energy can flow in an ecosystem, a food web shows. . .
All possible paths
This level of organization refers to one species of organisms
Population
All energy in an ecosystem originates from
The Sun
These organisms must eat something to gain energy
Consumers
This is the scientific term we use for each level on an energy pyramid
Trophic level
Look at the foodweb on the board, name a producer
(Answers will vary)
This level of organization refers to all of one type of ecosystem
Biome
What do arrows indicate in a food chain
Flow of energy
These organisms return energy and nutrients to the environment
Depcomposers
Roughly what percentage of energy would a caterpillar get from a blade of grass it ate
10 percent
What is the most important factor in a food web surviving disruptions
Biodiversity
This level of organization refers to all biotic and abiotic factors in an area
Ecosystem
This type of organism ends a food chain
Decomposer
Which type of consumer comes after secondary consumer?
Tertiary Consumer
How does the trophic level affect the amount of organisms in that level?
Higher trophic levels contain less organisms
What type of consumers are squid in this food web?
Omnivores
This level of organization refers to all the biotic factors in an environment
Community
grass--->caterpillar---->_______---->hawk----->fungi
List an organism that could fill this blank, and what energy role they serve
(answer may vary)
Secondary Consumer
This type of organism is a carnivore that consumes dead material
Look at the energy pyramid on the board
How many units of energy would be available at the 4th trophic level?
8
Which organism in this food web is a quaternary consumer?
Killer whale