Types of organisms
What is a Producer?
Plants, that make their own food through the process of photosynthesis
What is an organism that eats other organisms?
A Carnivore
Where did the original source of energy for a food chain come from?
The sun.
Why do arrows point from prey to predator?
The arrows point the direction the way the energy flows.
Of the following, which is the correct sequence for the flow of energy in a food chain?
1. consumers, decomposers, producers
2. producers, consumers, decomposers
3. consumers, producers, decomposers
4. decomposers, producers, consumers
2. producers, consumers, decomposers
What is a decomposer?
A organism that breaks down dead organism into nutrients for the soil.
What are organisms that eat plants and animals?
Omnivore
How do plants use the energy from the sun?
To make its own food by photosynthesizing.
What shows the relationship among all species in an ecosystem?
Food web
Which has arrows that represent energy transfer?
1. food chain
2. food web
3. neither
4. both
4. both
Provide three examples of decomposers.
Bacteria, mushrooms(fungi), and earthworms.
What are organisms that get their energy from eating dead organisms?
Scavengers
A model of how food chains are connected is called a?
What eats other organisms for energy?
Jayden FINDLEY
What source provides 100% levels of energy, even though the receiver of that energy does not consume 100% of that energy?
The Sun
What are necessary for plants to produce energy?
Sunlight, carbon dioxide, water
What does every organism in an ecosystem rely on?
That plants make their own food.
What is a model of how energy is transferred in an ecosystem?
Identify 3 food chains within the food web.
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In what direction are the arrows pointing in a food web/food chain?
The direction the energy is flowing/From producer to consumers.
What is a consumer?
An organism that eats plants or animals
What is an herbivore?
Organisms that eat plants.
What is a food chain?
A diagram that shows what each organism eats
What is a Food Web?
A food web is many food chains to show how energy flows in an ecosystem.
What's an energy pyramid?
it shows the amount of energy in an ecosystem and it's transferred