Food Web
Food Chain
Law of 10%
Bioaccumulation
Biomagnification
100

What is a food web?

A system of food chains connecting/interlocking. 

100

What is a food chain?

A series of organisms that each depend on the next as a source of food.

100

What is the law of 10%?

The Law of 10% is when energy transfers from one trophic level to the next 

100

What is Bioaccumulation?  

Bioaccumulation is the gradual accumulation of substances, such as pesticides or other chemicals, in an organism.

100

What is Biomagnification? 

Biomagnification is the concentration of toxins in an organism when organisms eat other organisms. The toxins are more widely distributed 

200


Name the producer 

Plantains and Berries 

200

What do the arrows mean in the food chain? 

They mean the flow of energy. 

200

What happens to the other 90% in the food pyramid? 

The organisms in the previous layer use it. 

200

How does this affect the tertiary consumers?

They are more affected because the whales eat more   

200

What level of the food pyramid is affected the most by biomagnification? 


The top is affected most 

300

Bacteria, fungi, mushrooms are ______? 

Decomposers 

300

grass, bird, grasshopper, and snake 

What is the order? 

grass, grasshopper, snake and bird 

300

What's is 10% of 100,000?

10,000

300

Bioaccumulation is the accumulation of ___?

Harmful chemicals 

300

What is a tropic level? 

The energy levels or steps in a food chain or food web 

Or

Functional role in a feeding relationship through which energy flows

400

A _______________ cannot make its own energy and eats only plants for their energy



Primary consumer 

400

How do living things survive in their environment? 

They adapt 

400

Which energy source is the "ultimate source of energy?" 

The sun 

400

Which of the following is an example of Bioaccumulation? 

Mercury in fish, Glucose in trees,Proteins up in cows 

Mercury in fish

400

Who would be most affected by this chemical?

Human 

500

What animal is the tertiary consumer? 

The raccoon 

500

How are animals and plants dependent on one another?

They depend on each other for food, nutrients, pollination, seed dispersal, and oxygen 

500

Who introduced the law of 10%

A)Charles Beckmann

B)Thomas Goldmann

C) Raymond Lindeman 

C)

500

Are fats in animals bioaccumulation?


No they are storage (the temporary deposit of a chemical in body tissue or in an organ)


500

What is the difference of Biomagnification and Bioaccumulation? 

Bioaccumulation - The gradual build-up of chemicals in living organisms

Biomagnification - The process in which chemicals not only accumulate, but also become more concentrated at each trophic level in a food chain