Who's Feeding Whom?
These are the species that create their own energy.
What are Producers (or Autotrophs)?
These are the type of organisms that are on the bottom of the food chain and provide energy for the rest of the ecosystem.
What are primary producers?
This type of macromolecule (biomolecule) is used for a quick boost of energy.
What are carbohydrates?
These are the two types of carbohydrates.
What are simple and complex carbohydrates?
This animal is living currently on the moon.
What are water bears (tardigrades)?
These are the species that CANNOT make their own energy, they must eat other things to gain their energy.
What are heterotrophs (or consumers)?
This pyramid shows the weight at each trophic level.
What is the pyramid of biomass?
These are the four (must name all) types of Macromolecules.
What are LIPIDS, PROTEINS, NUCLEIC ACID, AND CARBOHYDRATES?
Great White sharks, the top of their food chain, are also know as this type of predator.
What are apex predators?
Cats (like lions, tigers, and house cats) have lost the ability to taste this flavor.
What is sweet?
Humans are this kind of consumer that eats both plant and meat materials.
What are omnivores?
This is the percentage of energy that moves to the next trophic level.
What is 10%?
This type of macromolecule (biomolecule) contains genetic information and is in all the food we eat.
What are nucleic acids?
This type of consumer physically breaks down decay bits of plants and animals to allow decomposers to chemically break down the decaying material.
What are detritivores?
This is the number of bones in an adult human body.
What are 206 bones?
This is the way producers can make their energy using sunlight.
What is photosynthesis?
This is one reason why there are usually more herbivores than carnivores in an ecosystem.
What is that it takes more energy to break down meat than plant material?
These are the three elements found in each of the macromolecules (biomolecules). Name all three.
What are carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen?
Jackson is a long distance runner who is going to run in the Boston marathon. The night before this is the type of macromolecule (and type of that macromolecule) he should consume to gain energy to last him the race.
What are complex carbohydrates?
This is the color of polar bear fur.
What is transparent?
These are the two ways (must name both) that producers make their energy.
What are chemosynthesis and photosythesis?
This is the definition of a calorie.
What is the amount of energy needed to increase one gram of water one degree celcius.
This is why nucleic acids are not presented on nutrition facts of foods we eat.
What is nucleic acid, genetic material, and present in everything we eat.
This is the steps of energy flowing through a food chain involving a detritivore, apex predator, primary producer, primary consumer, and a decomposer.
This is the largest mountain in the world.
What are Mauna Loa and Mauna Kea, the twin volcanoes?