Food Web Basics
Name one producer in a food web.
What is algae in an aquatic system, or is any plant/grass in a terrestrial system?
Did you name one?
What do decomposers do?
What is breakdown detritus and organic matter into simple minerals?
Name one way the geosphere can affect the biosphere?
A volcano erupting (geosphere) can put ash into the air (atmosphere), blocking sunlight and affecting plants (biosphere)
Where does all the energy in an ecosystem originate from?
What is the sun?
Is air a source of matter or energy?
Air is a gas. Gas is matter because it occupies space and has mass.
Name one decomposer in the food web.
I'd like you to please use your study guide.
What is a Worm or bacteria?
True or False: Wolves are decomposers.
What is false?
What system throws ash into the air after a volcanic eruption?
What is the geosphere? (geosphere - earth systems)
Who uses the sun's energy first?
Who are producers (plants)?
Is sunlight a source of matter or energy?
Sunlight is a source of energy. Sunlight's energy fuels photosynthesis in plants.
Name one consumer in a food web.
Use your study guide to help you. The group will decide if your answer is correct.
Name two decomposers.
What are worms and bacteria?
What natural event connects the atmosphere (gases surrounding the Earth) and the biosphere (ecological systems involving living organisms)?
What is ash from a volcano going into the air (atmosphere), blocking sunlight and affecting plants (biosphere)
What happens to the energy when a herbivore eats a plant?
What is the energy goes from the plant to the herbivore (primary consumer).
Is food a source of energy, matter, or both?
What is food is both matter and energy?
What type of organism is missing if there is no recycling of nutrients?
What is a decomposer?
How do fungi help the environment?
What is they act as decomposers?
How does erosion affect organisms living in the sand?
What is destroying their habitat and their food sources?
How does a secondary consumer get energy from the sun? Use the food web in question 1 of your study guide to explain.
The grass(producer) gets its energy from the sun, the chipmunk(primary consumer) eats the grass and gets the sun's and the grass's energy, the bear (secondary consumer) eats the chipmunk, getting the chipmunk's, the grass's, and the sun's energy.
Is water a source of energy or matter?
What is matter?
Use the food web on question 2 in your study guide. What happens to the snails if the frog population increases?
What is a decrease? Because they are a food source for the frogs, and more frogs means eating more snails.
Why are decomposers important to plants?
What is by breaking down dead organic matter and releasing nutrients back into the soil where plants can use it to grow.
What are the Earth's systems? (land, water, air, living things)
What are the geosphere (land), hydrosphere (water), atmosphere (air), and biosphere (living things)?
In what order does energy flow to the frog? (Use the food web in question 2 of the study guide.)
2 correct answers:
grass - snail - frog
grass - grasshopper - frog
How do plants use matter and energy from the environment?
What is plant's use sunlight (energy) and water(matter) from the environment to produce sugar, food for the plant.