Energy Transfer
What is the process by which plants convert sunlight into chemical energy?
What is photosynthesis?
Organisms that eat plants are known as what?
What are herbivores?
What percentage of energy is typically transferred from one trophic level to the next?
What is 10%?
What are organisms called that eat herbivores?
What are carnivores?
Which term describes the movement of energy through ecosystems, starting from producers and moving to consumers?
What is the food chain?
Which trophic level has the least amount of energy available to them?
What are apex predators?
In an ecosystem, energy is lost as what during transfers between trophic levels?
What is heat?
In an energy pyramid, where are omnivores typically placed?
What are secondary consumers?
The first trophic level in an ecosystem consists of which type of organism?
What are producers?
Which trophic level contains the greatest amount of energy in an ecosystem?
What are primary producers?