Energy Flow
Consumers
Misc.
Energy Pyramids
Photosynthesis
100
A SINGLE pathway displaying the flow of energy and nutients.
Food Chain
100
These types of consumers only eat plants.
Herbivores.
100
An organism that creates their own food is often referred to as producers or _________.
Autotrophs
100
Who needs energy in order to survive?
All living things.
100
These organisms use Photosynthesis to produce food for themselves.
Plants or Producers
200
When food chains become intertwined or connected, this forms a............
Food Web
200
These types of organisms eat both plants and animals.
Omnivores.
200
An organism that cannot produce it's own food is usually known as a consumer or a ___________.
Heterotroph
200
The ultimate source of energy in food chains.
The sun
200
The part of the cell where Photosynthesis takes place.
The chloroplast.
300
The arrows in a food chain/ food web represent........
Energy being transferred.
300
These types of consumers only eat meat.
Carnivores.
300
What is ATP?
Energy
300
These organisms have the MOST energy in an energy pyramid.
Producers
300
The reactants of Photosynthesis are light energy (sunlight), water (H2O), and ..........
Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
400
Where are decomposers on the food chain?
At each trophic level (or on the side)
400
These organisms break down dead, organic materials and return nutrients back into the soil.
Decomposers
400
Cellular Respiration is the opposite reaction of Photosynthesis. Cellular respiration breaks down _________ to release _____.
glucose, ATP
400
The amount of energy lost between each trophic level.
10%
400
The final products of photosynthesis are oxygen and...........
Sugar or Glucose
500
If the frogs were to disappear from this food chain, what could happen to the snake population?
They'll decrease or die off.
500
A consumer at the top of the food chain is sometimes called.........
An Apex Predator
500
Detritivores consume dead or decaying organisms. Name an example of a detritivore.
Vultures; Hyenas; Crows; Earthworms; Beetles, etc.
500
If producers contained 10,000 kcal of energy, how much energy is available to SECONDARY consumers?
100 kcal of energy
500
This is the molecular formula for glucose........
C6H12O6