Food chains
Food webs
Energy pyramids
Misc
100
What does a food chain begin with?
Producers
100
What is the ultimate source of energy for all food webs?
The sun
100
What is the second level in an energy pyramid?
Primary consumer
100
Are there abiotic or biotic factors in chains, webs, and pyramids?
Biotic
200
What does it mean when an arrow points away from an organism?
The organism gets eaten
200
Who does the wolf get its energy from?
Rat, thrush
200
How much energy do you need to multiply by to get to the next trophic level?
.10
200
What is another word for a primary consumer and a secondary consumer?
A primary consumer can be a herbivore, a secondary consumer can be a carnivore
300
Of the following, which is the correct sequence for the flow of energy in a food chain?
A) Producers consumers decomposers
B) Decomposers producers consumers
C) Consumers decomposer producers
A
300
Is this environment best described as a:
A) Tropical food web
B) Arctic food web
C) Aquatic food web
C
300
What do the percentages represent in pyramids? What do trophic levels represent?
Energy transfers between levels
Each hierarchical level of organisms, like producers, consumers, etc
300
What do pyramids, webs, and chains show?
Energy transfers between organisms
400
Which organism has the least amount of energy? The most?
Producers have the most, the highest level consumer (apex) has the least
400
A type of consumer that gets its energy from other consumers who get their energy from plants is called a...
Secondary consumer
400
List 3 examples of decomposers
Bacteria, fungi, mushrooms
400
How do autotrophic organisms get energy? What is another word for autotrophic organisms?
Producers; photosynthesis
500
Identify the issue in this food chain
The arrows are not pointing the right way
500
Identify all producers
Corn, a flowering plant, lavenders, mangoes
500
Why does the energy pyramid grow smaller as it reaches the top?
Each higher level in the pyramid gets smaller because only about 10% of the available energy transfers to the next level.
500
What is the difference between food webs and food chains and why are food webs more realistic than food chains?
A food web is a bunch of chains interlocked, and it shows the various paths an organism could take instead of just one