Food Webs
This model shows how food chains in an ecosystem are connected.
A food web
This is a sequence that shows how energy and nutrients are transferred from one organism to another in an ecosystem.
Food chain
What does the Latin word "apex" mean?
Peak or top
This organism is at the bottom of the trophic food pyramid. It can be consumed by a herbivore.
Primary consumer
True or False. Food chains go in 1 direction and food webs travel in many directions.
True
This is a species that’s at the top of the food chain, and has no natural predators in their environment.
Apex Predator
This is something that is living.
What is Biotic?
What percentage of energy is consumed from one level to another?
10%
This organism eats the primary consumer and is eaten by the tertiary consumer.
Secondary consumer
Name the trophic level that starts the food pyramid.
Producers
Food chains are usually in a sequence, with an arrow to show the _____ __ _____.
flow of energy
This organism is at the top of the trophic food pyramid. It eats omnivores, herbivores and carnivores!
Tertiary consumer
Name the second trophic level in the food pyramid.
The community of organisms that live in a particular area, along with their non-living environment is called
An ecosystem.
What is the role of producers in food chains and food webs?
To provide necessary energy/nutrients to all animals.
Name the fourth trophic level in the food pyramid.
Tertiary consumers
Name the third trophic level in the food pyramid.
Secondary consumers
This organism ends the food chain.
What is a consumer?
What is a decomposer?
A detritivore, such as bacteria or fungi, that feed on decaying matter.
Thanks to these type of organisms, characterized by what they eat, the cycle starts again.
Decomposers or Detritivores
Name the fifth trophic level in the food pyramid.
Quaternary consumers