A.5 Food Chain and Energy Flow Flashcards
1
Q
what is a secondary consumer
A
The consumer that eats the primary consumer
2
Q
what is a food chain
A
a way to show how energy moves among living things in an ecosystem
3
Q
what is a primary consumer
A
the consumer that eats a producer
4
Q
how much energy passes from the producer to the consumer
A
10%
5
Q
why are there food chains? why doesn’t everything eat the same thing
A
we would run out of resources if everything ate the same thing