Energy
what is energy?
Consumer
AN organism that must consume other organisms for nutrients.
Tertiary Consumer
An organism that eats the other consumers top of the food chain
Food Chain
A single path of energy transforms through the trophic levels of an ecosystem
In a food chain, what do we call organisms that breakdown dead organisms?
Decomposers
What is energy flow?
The amount of energy moving through a food chain.
Decomposers?
Organisms such as bacteria that breaks down the remains of dead animals and plants and animals without need for internal digestion.
Carnivores
Animals that eat other animals
Keystone species
A species that, if removed from an ecosystem, the ecosystem would change drastically
Provide an example of a carnivore
A Lion, Tiger, Bear
What is matter?
Anything that has volume and mass.
Producers
An organism that is capable of performing photosynthesis, transforming energy from the sun, and using carbon dioxide and water to make food.
Predator
An organism that captures and consume another organism for nourishment
Ecosystem
All the biotic and abiotic factors and the interactions among them in a given area.
Provide an example of a Herbivore
Cow, Goat, Panda
material derived from living things
Primary Consumer
An organism that consumes producers
Detrivore
An organism that feeds on dead or decaying plant or animals reamains
Ecological pyramid
A representation of the organisms in an ecosystem organized into separate trophic levels
Describe the path of energy flow in a simple food chain.
Energy flows from the SUN to producers then to consumers.
Producer
an organisms that obtain its energy from an abiotic source such as sunlight or inorganic chemicals
an organism that eats the primary consumers
Omnivore
An organism that consumes both animals and plants
an organism position on a food chain
What happens to energy as it moves through the food chain?
It DECREASES at each level.