What is a food web?
A system of food chains connecting/interlocking.
What is a food chain?
A series of organisms that each depend on the next as a source of food.
What is the law of 10%?
The Law of 10% is when energy transfers from one trophic level to the next
What is Bioaccumulation?
Bioaccumulation is the gradual accumulation of substances, such as pesticides or other chemicals, in an organism.
What is Biomagnification?
Biomagnification is the concentration of toxins in an organism when organisms eat other organisms. The toxins are more widely distributed
Name the producer
Plantains and Berries
What do the arrows mean in the food chain?
They mean the flow of energy.
What happens to the other 90% in the food pyramid?
The organisms in the previous layer use it.
How does this affect the tertiary consumers?
They are more affected because the whales eat more
What level of the food pyramid is affected the most by biomagnification?
The top is affected most
Bacteria, fungi, mushrooms are ______?
Decomposers
grass, bird, grasshopper, and snake
What is the order?
grass, grasshopper, snake and bird
What's is 10% of 100,000?
10,000
Bioaccumulation is the accumulation of ___?
Harmful chemicals
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
A _______________ cannot make its own energy and eats only plants for their energy
Primary consumer
How do living things survive in their environment?
They adapt
Which energy source is the "ultimate source of energy?"
The sun
Which of the following is an example of Bioaccumulation?
Mercury in fish, Glucose in trees,Proteins up in cows
Mercury in fish
Who would be most affected by this chemical?
Human
What animal is the tertiary consumer?
The raccoon
How are animals and plants dependent on one another?
They depend on each other for food, nutrients, pollination, seed dispersal, and oxygen
Who introduced the law of 10%
A)Charles Beckmann
B)Thomas Goldmann
C) Raymond Lindeman
C)
Are fats in animals bioaccumulation?
No they are storage (the temporary deposit of a chemical in body tissue or in an organ)
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