Energy
The energy source for all living things
What is: the sun
What is the name of the organism that eats producers?
What is always at the bottom of a food chain or food web?
Producers
What type of energy does the sun have?
Radiant energy
Plants use water and carbon dioxide from the air to make a sugar called glucose.
TRUE/ FALSE
TRUE
The first thing to absorb radiant energy
What is: producers
What is the name of something that eats ONLY other animals?
Carnivore
The organism that eats an herbivore is what kind of consumer?
Secondary consumer
What would happen to a food chain if all of the producers in the area died due to a drought?
The whole food chain would collapse
Endotherms are organisms that depends on its environment to warm its body.
TRUE/ FALSE
FALSE
What do the arrows represent in food chains and food webs?
Energy flow
What is the name of the organism that only eats plants?
Herbivore
What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
A food web is made of many food chains
True or false:
New energy can be created
False: energy can neither be created nor destroyed
What percent of an organism's energy is passed on to the next organism when it is eaten?
10%
What is the name of the organism that eats BOTH plants and other animals?
Omnivore
What would happen if a species or organism was removed from a food web?
A chain reaction and potentially collapsing
What is absolutely vital about the role of decomposers? Why are they so important?
They continue the cycle of energy by breaking down dead organisms and returning the energy to the ground
Which of the following is not an abiotic factor?
rocks, pencil, grass, vegetables, pen, butterfly
butterfly
vegetables
grass
How does a lion eventually get energy from grass?
Lion eats something that got its energy by eating grass
What is at the very top of the food chain?
Apex predator/tertiary predator
If there are arrows moving away from every organism on a food web, which organism would they be pointing to?
Decomposer (breaks down ALL dead things)
Where does the energy that is not absorbed by an organism when it eats something else go?
Released as heat, used when the animal was alive
How to spell Ms. Damita's surname?
MEIGHAN