Energy Flow
Ecosystem
Life in an Ecosystem
Mix-Up
Misc.
100
An organism that uses the Sun's energy to create its own food. These organisms are usually plants.
What is a producer?
100
An area where living organisms interact with nonliving organisms.
What is an ecosystem?
100
An animal that eats both plants and animals.
What is an omnivore?
100
A cat is trying to capture a mouse. What would you call the mouse?
What is prey?
100
The number of trophic levels (not including the 2 bonus levels)
What is 4
200
An organism that cannot create its own food. The organism eats other organisms to get their energy.
What is a consumer?
200
An organism that is living is called__________.
What is biotic?
200
Lions eat other animals in a grassland ecosystem. What would you call a lion if they only eat meat?
What is a carnivore?
200
Any animal that eats plants or eats other plant-eating animals.
What is a consumer
200
What are the two bonus trophic levels?
Apex predators and decomposers
300
A worm is a ____________. Worms break down dead organisms for energy.
What is a decomposer?
300
Rocks, soil, sunlight, and air are ________ factors in an ecosystem.
What is abiotic?
300
A cow only eats grass. What type of consumer is the cow?
What is a herbivore?
300
Any of the fungi or bacteria that break down dead plants and animals into useful things like minerals and rich soil
What are decomposers
300
The trophic level that plants belong to
What is the producer level
400
What is the main energy source on Earth?
What is the Sun?
400
The two types of aquatic ecosystems
What are freshwater and marine/salt water
400
Which organism is the producer?
What is a plankton?
400
What is a interconnection of food chains called?
What is a food web?
400
Has mass and takes up space
What is matter
500
This model shows a flow of energy from one organism to another. This model is modeled using a straight path.
What is food chain?
500
A student studies the flow of energy among organisms in an ecosystem. This is her food chain.
Grass --> Grasshopper --> Lizard --> Fox
What type of organism is the Fox?
What is a consumer?
What is a carnivore?
500
What would happen to the Squid if the Krill decreased?
What is the squid would decrease?
500
An animal that eats plants.
What is a herbivore
500
The percentage of energy that is passed along from organism to organism
What is 10%