Vocabulary
All the food chains combined in an ecosystem
What is a food web?
An elephant eats only plants that makes it a _________________.
Herbivore
The base of the Energy pyramid is occupied by what feeding level and what percentage of energy is available
Producers have 100% energy
All the food chains start with this source of energy
What is the sun?
Description of how energy in an ecosystem flows from one organism to another
What is a food chain?
A tiger is a good example of this type of consumer _____________.
Carnivore
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
Which do the arrows in a food chain tell us?
From the organisms that are eaten to those that do the eating
Organism that feed off of dead and decaying remains of producers and consumers
Decomposer
A bear is a good example of an ________________ because they eat both plants and animals.
What is an omnivore.
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
Organism that cannot make their own food so they need to eat other organisms for energy
Consumer
Fungi and bacteria are good examples of _______________
Decomposers
Give an example of food chain with four levels
Determined by class
Organism that takes non-living matter and uses it to make food (energy) for itself with surplus for other organisms
Producer
Oak trees and wild flowers are good examples of ______________