Energy Flow
Photosynthesis
Vocabulary
Habitat & Niche
Ecosystem Interactions
100
What is one thing wrong with this energy pyramid?
*Producer not in correct spot*, butterfly at the top, wolf in primary consumer spot, etc.
100
Photosynthesis takes place in what organelle?
Chloroplast
100
What represents “energy transfer” in a food chain/web?
The arrows
100
An animal’s home in an ecosystem
Habitat
100
When two organisms fight for the same resources, it creates what?
Competiton
200
The trophic level with the largest amount of organisms is…?
Producers
200
What is the pigment/chemical in the chloroplast that captures light energy?
Chlorophyll
200
What is the difference between a consumer and a producer?
A producer is an organism that can make its own food. A consumer is a living thing that must eat other organism to survive
200
An animal’s role in an ecosystem
Niche
200
From the food web below, what is one predator-prey relationship?
Fox and mouse, snake and frog, rabbit and buzzard, etc.
300
Bacteria and fungi are examples of what type of consumer?
Decomposers
300
Other than sunlight, what are the REACTANTS of photosynthesis?
Carbon Dioxide and Water
300
Primary consumers have primarily what type of diet?
Herbivore
300
Producers have a niche that includes taking what gas out of the air?
Carbon dioxide
300
As prey increases in an area, predators _______.
increases
400
What organisms in the food web below should be labelled as producers?
Carrots, Grasses, and Grains
400
How do producers get food from the Sun?
Photosynthesis
400
Give an example of an abiotic factor in an ecosystem.
Temperature, water, sunlight, etc.
400
If an animal’s niche is to be nocturnal, what is one characteristic you can expect they have?
Night vision, night hunting, etc.
400
Oxpeckers pick at parasites on a zebra's body, including ticks and blood-sucking flies. This may help keep the zebra's parasite load under control, and the oxpeckers get an easy meal. This is an example of
cooperation
500
What is one food chain within this food web?
Answers vary
500
What is the purpose of Photosynthesis?
To make food and later turn it into energy, etc.
500
What is the difference between a food chain and a food web.
Food chains show the flow of energy as organisms are eaten. Food webs are more complex and are made of several food chains
500
A group of birds have different ways they make nests. One uses twigs and sticks, while the other uses fallen leaves from trees. This would be an example of the birds establishing a what?
Niche
500
What happened to the wolf population that caused the moose population to spike in 1989?
It decreased