Producers
Consumers
Food Web Interpretation
Trophic Levels
Food Webs and Food Chains
600
The most common example of a producer is:
plants
600
Word for a consumer that eats both plants and other animals
Omnivore
600
Who are the producers?
seaweed and phytoplankton
600
What is A?
producers
600
The arrows in food chains/ webs represent..
Transfer of energy or nutrients
700
Producers are eaten by _____________
primary consumers
700
These consumers eat producers.
Primary
700
Which consumer level is the blue whale?
secondary consumer
700
What is b?
primary consumers
700
In an energy pyramid, each trophic level has this percentage of the previous level's energy........
10%
800
Where do producers get their energy from originally?
The sun
800
This type of consumers eat primary consumers.
Secondary consumers
800
What level consumer is the elephant seal?
Tertiary consumer
800
What is c?
secondary consumers
800
Why does the energy pyramid grow smaller as it reaches the top?
Each higher level in the pyramid gets smaller because only about 10% of the available energy transfers to the next level.
900
This is the way that most producers make their own food
What is photosynthesis (using light energy to make carbohydrates)?
900
This type of consumers eats secondary consumers.
Tertiary consumers
900
Identify a quaternary (4th level) consumer
orca OR leopard seal
900
What is d?
tertiary consumers
900
Described as a single pathway displaying the flow of energy and nutrients from organism to organism.
Food chain
1000
Producers are also called:
a) autotrophs
b) heterotrophs
a) autotrophs
1000
Consumers are:
a) autotrophs
b) heterotrophs
b) heterotrophs
1000
What is the zooplankton in this food web?
primary consumer
1000
What is e?
Decomposers
1000
Identify the error in this food web
The arrows are not pointing the right way