Sources of Energy
All energy comes from here.
What is the sun.
Eat only vegitation.
What are herbovores.
Traces a single flow of energy and show trophic levels.
What is a food chain.
Has a level number of 1.
What is a producer.
Models that show how energy flows through an ecosystem.
What is a trophic pyramid
Another name for producers.
What is an autotroph.
Eat only meat.
What are carnivores.
The level of nourishment in a food chain.
What are trophic levels.
Has a level number of 2.
What is a primary consumer.
Represents the energy available at each trophic level.
What is an energy pyramid.
Another name for consumers.
What are heterotrophs.
Eat meat and vegitation.
What are omnivores.
As energy flows from organism to organism, it is used for this.
What is metabolism and heat.
Has a level number of 3
What is a secondary consumer.
What is a number pyramid.
Plants get energy through this process.
What is photosynthesis.
Eat dead materials.
What are detritivores.
Shows multiple food chains at once and how they interconnect.
What are food webs.
Has a level number of 4.
What is a tertiary consumer.
Represents the total mass of living organic matter at each trophic level.
What is a biomass pyramid.
Consumers get energy from this.
What are living or once living organisms.
Breaking down macro molecules to release ATS
What is cellular respiration.
This happens to 90% of energy in each level of a food chain.
What is used or lost as heat.
Has 100% of energy available.
What is a producer.
Energy does this as you go up in the pyramid.
What is decreasing.