Food chains
Food webs
Energy pyramids
Misc
Earth and Space
100
What does every food chain begin with?
Producers
100
What is the ultimate source of energy for all organisms (including plants)?
The sun
100
What is the second level in an energy pyramid?
Primary consumer
100
Are there living or non-living things in chains, webs, and pyramids?
Living
100
What season are we about to go into?
Spring
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 goes up 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
200
What is the closest planet to the sun?
Mercury
300
Which is the correct sequence for 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?
How much energy moves up through the ecosystem
300
What do pyramids, webs, and chains show?
Energy transfers between organisms
300
How long does it take the Earth to do one ROTATION?
24 hours
400
Which organism has the least amount of energy? The most?
Highest level consumer (apex) has the least, producers have the most.
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 primary consumers
Cow, rabbit, grasshopper
400
How do autotrophic organisms get energy? What is another word for autotrophic organisms?
Producers; photosynthesis
400
The name of a tide which is higher and lower than a normal tide is...
Spring tide
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
500
Name 4 moon phases
Full moon, new moon, 1st quarter, 3rd quarter, waxing crescent, waxing gibbous, waning gibbous, waxing gibbous