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Food Webs
Food Pyramids
Overfishing!
Natural Disasters
RANDOM!
100

Is a tree a producer or consumer?

A producer

100

Where do producers get their energy?

From the sun!

100

True or false: Over-fishing has economic impacts.

TRUE

100

Name two natural disasters that we discussed in this class

Forest fires, landslides, tornadoes, hurricanes, etc

100

Name one APEX PREDATOR/TERTIARY CONSUMER.

examples: human, bald eagle

200

Is a fish a producer or consumer?

Consumer.

200

Where is the most energy in a food pyramid?

At the bottom

200

Name two parts of an ecosystem impacted by over fishing BESIDES the fish themselves. 


Possible answers: producers, bigger animals that eat the fish such as sharks, humans (economic impacts)

200

What happens to the PRODUCERS after a landslide?

They die because they are crushed by rocks. Eventually, they grow back.

200

What is the process that PRODUCERS use to get energy from the sun?

Photosynthesis
300

What is the term for an animal at the top of the food chain/web, such as a bald eagle? 

(Format for answer: ______ consumer).

Tertiary consumer

300

Where is the least energy in a food pyramid?

At the top!

300
Name ONE species of fish that is currently being overfished (think of our LABS).



Possible Answer: Orange Roughy, Bluefin Tuna, lobsters (in some parts of Maine)


Remember that the Pacific Halibut is an example of a healthy fishery

300

When do consumers come back to an ecosystem, after a forest fire?

Consumers come back after the producers return to the ecosystem.

300

What state is Miss Ellis teaching in next year?

Colorado!

400

Fill in the blanks: In a food web, energy _____ and matter ______.

In a food web, energy FLOWS and matter CYCLES.

400
Why are there so FEW big consumers in a food pyramid? (example: There are many small plants but very few bald eagles)

Because big consumers require more energy than small plants/producers.

400

How does the government help with overfishing?

Rules and regulations.

400
When a volcano occurs, what happens to ALL of the organisms in an ecosystem?

They die or they leave the ecosystem, because everything is covered with lava (which cools and turns to magma).

400
What state is Miss Weisel teaching in next year?

Idaho

500

Give two examples of DECOMPOSERS.

Possible answers: fungi, bacteria, worm

500

After a natural disaster, which organisms return to the ecosystem first - the organisms at the TOP of the food pyramid or the organisms at the BOTTOM of the pyramid?

The organisms at the BOTTOM of the pyramid.

500
What can individuals do to act out against overfishing?

Protest/boycott (other answers may be acceptable here)

500
Name TWO places where natural disasters have occurred recently.

Yellowstone National Park (fire)

Houston (Hurricane)

Hawaii (volcano)

500

What is Miss Ellis' brother's name?

Tucker Ellis