Energy
In a food web energy can flow in ________ paths
Many
The purpose of a decomposer is:
to break down dead organisms
What percentage of energy is passed from one trophic level to the next when an organism consumes another?
10%
__________ form the base of the pyramid, the lowest trophic level, which contains the most energy.
Producers
I start a food web with a
Plant
What do arrows show in a food web
The direction of energy flow
Autotrophs get their energy from:
the sun
A/An __________ is a sequence in which energy is transferred from one organism to the next as each organism eats another organism.
Food Chain
Because so much energy is lost at each level, there are __________ organisms at the __________ levels.
fewer, higher
Plants make energy through a process called
Photosynthesis
What would a frog eat in a food web?
Insects
Heterotrophs get their energy from:
eating consumers and producers
____________ get energy indirectly from the sun by eating producers.
Consumers
A __________ shows many feeding relationships that are possible in an ecosystem.
Food Web
Name an animal that might eat a plant (Herbivores)
Answers Vary
Algae is a
producer
If ants ate plants and the poulation of ants decreased the plant population would
Increase
Consumers that eat only other consumers are called __________, or meat eaters.
Carnivores
Humans eat both plants and animals which makes us:
Ominivores
Teritary consumers eat _______ or _______
plants ,animals
A tadpole eats algae in a food web. The tadpole is a______ consumer
primary
Geese eat plants so they are ______ consumer
primary
Consumers that eat only producers (plants) are called:
Herbivores
Another name for producers is
Plants
The top of a food web is called an
Apex Predator