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Vocabulary
Consumers
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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 two thing that can happen to the energy we get from food.

We use it (to run, walk, think, etc)

We lose it (as heat)

We store it (in our tissues)

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

 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 are there fewer consumers than producers in a food web?
There is less energy available the higher you go in the food pyramid
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
Why do producers make up the largest group in the energy pyramid.
Because they make their own food and form the base of energy for the ecosystem.
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