Food Chains
Food Chains show how matter and ________ in the form of food are transferred from one organism to another
Energy
This is any part of an experiment that is not changed.
Control
True or False: A food web is made up of several food chains?
True
QL or QNT: What kind of observation do you make when you count or measure something?
Quantitative (QNT)
Read the _____ when you enter the room every class.
Board
This is the initial source of energy in food chains and food webs.
The Sun
What is the variable that is the result of the change (effect)?
Dependent Variable
This group is the largest part of a food web.
Consumers
QL or QNT: What kind of observation do you make when you describe something?
Qualitative (QL)
Remain seated unless you have _________ to get up.
Permission
True or False: Food Chains explain which organism eats another organism in the environment?
True
What is the variable that the Scientist changes (cause)?
Independent Variable
This is what each stage or level of a food chain is called.
Trophic level
QL or QNT: There are four boys in his family.
Quantitative (QNT)
There are no restroom breaks during the first and last ____ minutes of class.
15
This component of the Food Chain makes its own food.
Producers
What is the independent variable in the example below?
How does the air pressure in a soccer ball affect how far it travels when kicked?
Air pressure
This model shows the flow of energy from one trophic, or feeding, level to the next in an ecosystem
Energy Pyramid
QL or QNT: The Flower is Red.
Qualitative (QL)
These MUST be worn at all times!
Student I.D. badges
Decomposers
What is the Dependent Variable in the example below?
Does the amount of light affect the rate of mold growth?
Rate of mold growth
This group is directly above the Producers on the Energy Pyramid.
Primary Consumers
The process of drawing a conclusion from given evidence.
Making an Inference
To ______________ means that you should not talk when it's someone else's turn to talk.
"Respect the speaker!"