Show:
Vocabulary
Consumers
Fill in the Blank
Energy Pyramid
Energy Flow
100
All the food chains combined in an ecosystem
Food Web
100
Animal that only eats plants
What is herbivore
100
An elephant eats only plants that makes it a _________________.
Herbivore
100
The base of the Energy pyramid is occupied by what feeding level and what percentage of energy is available
Producers have 100% energy
100
All the food chains start with this source of energy
What is the sun
200
Description of how energy in an ecosystem flows from one organism to another
What is a food chain.
200
Organism that only eats flesh.
What is a carnivore.
200
A tiger is a good example of this type of consumer _____________.
Carnivore
200
The 2nd level of the Energy pyramid is occupied by what feeding level and what percentage of energy is available
Primary Consumers get 10% of the energy
200
Name 3 types of cycles that occur in nature
Oxygen/carbon dioxide, nitrogen, energy, water
300
Organism that feed off of dead and decaying remains of producers and consumers
Decomposer
300
A consumer that eats both plants and flesh
What is an omnivore.
300
A bear is a good example of a ___________ level consumer
What is 1st, 2nd, or 3rd
300
The 3rd level of the Energy pyramid is occupied by what feeding level and what percentage of energy is available
The secondary consumers get 1% of the energy
300
Why was the number of hawks the same at the beginning of the food chain game as the end?
He is at the top of the food chain or nothing eats him.
400
Organism that cannot make their own food
Consumer
400
True or False: 1st level consumers can never be carnivores
True, carnivores must be 2nd or 3rd level consumers
400
Fungi are good examples of _______________
Decomposers
400
The 4th level of the Energy pyramid is occupied by what feeding level and what percentage of energy is available
The 3rd level consumers get only 0.1% of the energy
400
In the food chain game what did the bag of grass represent?
The bag of grass represented the energy passed in the meadow food chain.
500
Organism that takes non-living matter and uses it to make food (energy) for itself with surplus for other organisms
Producer
500
Name an example of an herbivore, carnivore, and omnivore.
Answers determined by the class: ex herbivore: grasshopper carnivore: lion omnivore: human
500
Oak trees and wild flowers are good examples of ______________
What is producers.
500
The top level of the energy pyramid is occupied by which feeding level and what is the energy level
Decomposers give the energy back to the soil.
500
Give an example of food chain with five levels (stay within the same biome)
Determined by class