Levels of Organization
(produc, consum, decomp)
(produc, consum, decomp)
Example of a consumer:
A grasshopper
What are herbivores?
These animals eat only plants.
What is a food chain?
A series of organisms that eat one another
This is NOT an organism:
Water or grass.
Water.
Example of a decomposer:
a Worm.
Decomposers eat...
dead plants and dead animals.
What are calories?
This is the measurement of energy in our food.
What is the percent of energy you get from something you eat?
10%
Example of a consumer:
A mouse.
What are carnivores?
These animals eat only meat.
What are nutrients?
These are the substances in food that help our bodies grow and work.
What gives people the energy they need to live?
Food
Example of a producer:
Grass
What is a producer?
An organism that makes its own food...
What is a food web?
Two or more combined food chains.
What are the lowest organisms in a food pyramid?
Producers
Example of a decomposer:
Fungi.
What are omnivores?
These animals eat plants and meat.
What is an ecosystem?
It is a a group of organisms that live in the same place.
A krill is eating phytoplankton. A penguin then eats the krill! Which organism is the secondary consumer?
penguin