The Carbon Cycle
Food Webs
Types of "Eaters"
Ecosystems
Misc.
100

Carbon in its gas form is called... 

Carbon Dioxide

100

What is a food chain? 

A food chain shows the direction in which energy moves through an ecosystem as living things consume other living things. 

100

Plants are what type of consumer? 

Producers

100

What two types of factors must exist in a healthy ecosystem? 

Abiotic and biotic factors

100

How much of the atmosphere is made up of Nitrogen? 

78% 

200

What do plants do with the Carbon Dioxide they take in? 

They produce sugars (Carbon chains) and release Oxygen as a waste product

200

What is a food web? 

A food web is a complex system of interconnected food chains. 
200

What type of consumer is the fox in this food web: Grass---> Bugs----> Rabbits---->Fox

Tertiary consumer 

200

Abiotic factors are... 

Biotic factors are... 

Abiotic: Nonliving things in an ecosystem

Biotic: Living things in an ecosystem

200

Animals that eat both meat and producers are called... 

Omnivores

300
Name at least 5 things that are made of Carbon. 

Coal, Humans, Animals, CO2, Fruits 

300

In a food web, what do the arrows represent? *Careful with your answer!* 

The direction that energy is traveling

300

What type of "eater" is a worm? 

A decomposer 

300

Fill in the sentence: the Earth is a ________ system. Matter inside of it is neither _______ or ________. 

Earth is a closed system. Matter inside of it is neither created or destroyed. 

300

Choose one of the following: chocolate, beef, or fast fashion. Explain how it's negatively impacting the environment. 

Answers vary. 

400
How are humans negatively impacting the Carbon cycle? 

Humans are releasing greenhouse gases that have been buried for millions of years and offsetting the balance of the Carbon cycle. Producers are unable to take in CO2 gas at the same rate as it's being released into the ozone layer. 

400

How much biomass is lost as you go up each trophic level in a food chain?

90% 

400

What type of "eater" is a vegetarian? 

Primary consumer/herbivore

400

List 3 biotic factors and 3 abiotic factors in our ecosystem

Biotic: Humans, plants, grass 

Abiotic: Water, the Sun, Rocks 

400

How do humans negatively impact the water cycle? 

We pollute the water with waste/oil, etc., climate change means ice caps are melting and sources of fresh water are being dried up, and we are using lots of water to support our crops and livestock. 
500

What is Carbon in its gaseous form called? 

Carbon Dioxide

500

Why is a food web a more accurate representation of an ecosystem than a food chain? 

A food web shows many interconnected food chains and in real like, animals rarely ever have just one food source or one predator. 

500

Explain why eating vegetarian/vegan can lower your Carbon footprint and be better for the environment.

Cows and livestock require lots of resources to produce for a smaller amount of food. By eating producers, we are absorbing the majority of the original amount of energy, instead of it all being lost as it moves up the food chain. 

500

What is the name of the ecosystem we live in? 

Chaparral ecosystem 

500

What is the Haber Process? 

A process where a machine forces more ammonia molecules to be created and used for fertilizer