Energy Flow
Give a specific example of a three (3) level food chain.
ex. Grass ---> Deer ---> Grizzly Bear
Humans are responsible for disrupting this major cycle because of our mass industrialization.
The Carbon Cycle
Organisms that strictly eat plants are
Herbivores
A specific example of a producer is...
Trees, grass, flowers, vegetables, or algae
A specific example of a consumer is...
Any mammals, birds, insects, arachnids, fish, molluscs, crustaceans, or cephalopods.
A food web is multiple (blanks) intertwined with each other.
Food chains
Not to be confused with what we are learning in Geography, something that can be maintained and used indefinitely is the definition of...
Sustainable/Sustainability
Define what a scavenger is
An organism that eats already dead animals.
A producer can be described as...
An organism that makes its own energy/food from non-living materials.
An Osprey would be considered a...
Carnivore
True or False humans do not fit within food webs.
False, humans can be considered in food webs.
The largest example of this is Earth.
Closed System
A Pyramid of Numbers is a model that does what?
Shows the number of individuals at each level in a food chain/web.
True or False: mushrooms are considered producers.
False, they are its own separate living organisms; They do not use photosynthesis to thrive.
What are the three levels of consumers in a pyramid of numbers?
Primary, Secondary, Tertiary
10,000 (ten thousand)
The four (4) stages of the water cycle are (bonus if you state them in order)
Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation, and Runoff or (Accumulation/Collection)
A Decomposer is...
An organism that that breaks down dead organisms or waste matter into simple substances.
For every (1) tertiary consumer there are (blank) producers in a pyramid of numbers.
1,000,000 (one million)
Give an example of an omnivore that lives in the ocean.
Sea turtles, crabs, sea urchins, whale sharks, sea otters, lobsters.
Sort these organisms into a food cycle;
Giraffe, Lion Acacia Tree, Fungi, Hyena
Acacia Tree-->Giraffe-->Lion-->Hyena-->Fungi
Recite what may happen if a pack of wolves kill a deer in the wild. (hint: I gave you this example last day)
Deer dies, scavengers (vultures) eat from the carcass, flies and worms begin to decompose the carcass, the carcass turns into decaying material, decaying material turns into rich soil to flourish plant life, plants provide energy to another deer.
A Detrivore is...
An organism that feeds in large parts of decaying plant or animal matter.
Photosynthesis can be written as an equation.
Sun's Energy + CO2 + H2O ---> O2 + Glucose (food)
Give an example of an apex predator not found in the Americas
Tiger, Lion, Giant squid, Honey badger, Cheetah