Food webs
Eat and be eaten
Food webs and the flow of energy in ecosystems
Lesduur is: 45 minOnderdelen in deze les
Eat and be eaten
Food webs and the flow of energy in ecosystems
What is passed on from one level of the food chain/food web to the next?
bio matter
energy
bio matter and energy
sometimes bio matter and sometimes energy
What is a top predator?
An animal who kills and eats other animals
An animal who kills and eats other animals very efficiently
An animal who kills and eats other animals and has no natural predators
An animal who kills and eats other animals and plants
A food web shows the flow of matter and energy between all the organisms in an ecosystem
True
False
The arrows in a food web represent the flow of
bio matter and energy from one level to the next one. In what direction do the arrows point?
In the direction of the organism that's being eaten
In the direction of the organism doing the eating
Toppredators (e.g. Pisaster) help maintain the stability of ecosystems
True
False
Producers
Primary Consumers (herbivores)
Secondary Consumers
Tertiary Consumers
Top predator
D
e
c
o
m
p
o
s
e
r
s
Consumers that only eat plants
Consumers that only eat animals
Consumers that eat plants as well as animals
Organisms that break down the remains of dead organisms
Omnivores
Herbivores
Decomposers
Carnivores