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Vocabulary
Food chain, food web and Energy pyramid
Trophic Levels
Relationships in the Ecosystem
Gumbo
100
Meat eaters are called
Carnivore
100
A diagram using the food chains that show the feeding relationships among the ecosystem is called________.
Food Web
100
what describes the position of an organism in a food chain?
Trophic levels
100
The energy flow starts with __________.
the sun
100
What is the difference between an autotroph and heterotroph?
The difference between an autotroph and a heterotroph are autrotrophs make their own food and hetertrophs consume other organisms for energy
200
Herbivore are ____________.
organisms that eat only plants
200
The pathway of energy transfer that results from the feeding patterns of the organisms is called ____________.
Food Chain
200
What is the use of trophic levels?
a measure of health and stability of an environment
200
organisms that make their own food are called
Autotrophs
200
Are we considered to be autorophs or heterotrophs?
heterotrophs
300
Organisms that eats both plants and animals are _____.
Omnivore
300
a diagram that shows the flow of energy among different trophic levels is called ___________.
Energy pyramid
300
What is abiotic
nonliving
300
organisms that obtain their energy by consuming other living organisms are called ____________.
Heterotrophs
300
Give me an example of a biotic and abiotic factor
answer will vary
400
If the pine tree is eaten by the squirrel, the squirrel is eaten by the fox. The pine tree is the ____________.
Producer
400
True or False: tertiary Consumers are the only living things that will eventually die and are broken down to create nutrients for the soil.
False
400
How much energy in one trophic level is available to be passed to the next trophic level?
10%
400
The organisms that eats the primary consumers are called ________.
Secondary consumer
400
Detrivores are ________________
organisms that feed off another dead organisms
500
Humans are ____________
Omnivore
500
why are decomposers shown in food webs?
all living things will eventually die and are broken down to create nutrients for the soil.
500
What does the lost energy become?
waste
500
The grass is eaten by the gazelle, the gazelle is eaten by the cheetah. What happens to the cheetah once it dies?
it decomposes and becomes nutrients to the soil
500
What advantages does the food web have over the food chain?
The advantages of a food web, they are more accurate in describing the feeding relationships