Food Web Questions
1. What is used to indicate the flow of energy in a food chain or web?
- Energy
2. What happens to energy as we move from step to step in a chain or web?
- The energy decreases as you move step to step in a chain The first organism (primary consumer) that eats the producer (green plants) will have the most number
3. Define food web.
- a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.
4. What is meant by trophic levels?
- Feeding step
5. Define autotroph.
- ORGANISM THAT CAN MAKES ITS OWN FOOD (PHOTOSYNTHESIS)
6. The 1st trophic level consists of ______Primary______ consumers called _____Herbivores_______.
7. Name the 2nd trophic level (both names).
- Primary Consumer
8. Secondary consumers may be ___Carnivores______ eating meat or __Omnivores_______ that eat both plants and animals.
9. What is the 3rd trophic level called?
- Secondary Consumer
10. What is the 4th trophic level called?
- Tertiary Consumer
11. At the 5th trophic level would be __Quaternary_______ consumers that eat ___Tertiary______ consumers.
12. Give an example of 3 detritivores. On what do they feed?
- Vultures, worms, crabs, dead organisms
13. What organism feeds on dead plants and animals and helps recycle them?
- Decomposers
14. Both ___fungi_____ and ___bacteria______act as decomposers
15. Can an organism fill more than one trophic level --- yes or no? Give an example.
- Yes, when the organism eats a variety of food
Part B:
1. Explain how the ecosystem works in terms of how ALL in the animals live together in the Amazon Jungle.
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1. What is used to indicate the flow of energy in a food chain or web?
- Energy
2. What happens to energy as we move from step to step in a chain or web?
- The energy decreases as you move step to step in a chain The first organism (primary consumer) that eats the producer (green plants) will have the most number
3. Define food web.
- a system of interlocking and interdependent food chains.
4. What is meant by trophic levels?
- Feeding step
5. Define autotroph.
- ORGANISM THAT CAN MAKES ITS OWN FOOD (PHOTOSYNTHESIS)
6. The 1st trophic level consists of ______Primary______ consumers called _____Herbivores_______.
7. Name the 2nd trophic level (both names).
- Primary Consumer
8. Secondary consumers may be ___Carnivores______ eating meat or __Omnivores_______ that eat both plants and animals.
9. What is the 3rd trophic level called?
- Secondary Consumer
10. What is the 4th trophic level called?
- Tertiary Consumer
11. At the 5th trophic level would be __Quaternary_______ consumers that eat ___Tertiary______ consumers.
12. Give an example of 3 detritivores. On what do they feed?
- Vultures, worms, crabs, dead organisms
13. What organism feeds on dead plants and animals and helps recycle them?
- Decomposers
14. Both ___fungi_____ and ___bacteria______act as decomposers
15. Can an organism fill more than one trophic level --- yes or no? Give an example.
- Yes, when the organism eats a variety of food
Part B:
1. Explain how the ecosystem works in terms of how ALL in the animals live together in the Amazon Jungle.
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- Include key terms such as producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers & tertiary consumers.
- How is energy transferred in an ecosystem and does energy get recycled?
- - The energy enters mainly from the sun, goes through and biotic community and its food chain, and goes out as heat, organic matter and resulting organisms and
- Is the ecosystem a delicate environment?
- What is happening to the Amazon Jungle today as you are answering this question?
- What does habitat loss mean? How does it effect the animals and humans as well?
- - Habitat destruction is the process by which natural habitat is damaged or destroyed to such an extent that it no longer is capable of supporting the species and ecological communities that naturally occur there. Its destroying
- What is happening to the trees in the Amazon Jungle?
- - The trees are getting chopped down which means the animals homes are getting destroyed
- How long in terms of miles is the Amazon River? How much fresh water does it hold?
- - 930 miles; 20% is fresh water
- What is your favorite animal? Why?