Flow Of Energy

Question 1

Producers

Answer 1

An organism that uses an outside energy source, such as the sun, and produces its own food.

Question 2

Consumers

Answer 2

An organism that cannot make its own food and gets energy by eating other organisms.

Question 3

Detritivores

Answer 3

An organism that consumes the bodies of dead organisms and wastes produced by living organisms.

Question 4

Food Chain

Answer 4

A model that shows how energy flows in an ecosystem through feeding relationships.

Question 5

Food Web

Answer 5

A model of energy transfer that can show how the food chains in a community are interconnected.

Question 6

Herbivore

Answer 6

An organism that only consumes plants.

Question 7

Omnivore

Answer 7

An organism that consumes both plants and animals.

Question 8

Carnivore

Answer 8

An organism that consumes only animals.

Question 9

Energy Pyramid

Answer 9

A model that shows the amount of energy available in each link of a food chain.

Question 10

How do food chains/webs work

Answer 10

All food chains and food webs begin with a producer.
Producers harness the energy from the sun to carry out photosynthesis and produce their own food. They are typically plants.
The next organism in a food chain is a primary consumer. Primary consumers are either herbivores or omnivores.
Next are the secondary consumers which are omnivores or carnivores.
Tertiary consumers are typically apex predators and mostly carnivores.

Question 11

How much energy is transferred on the energy pyramid

Answer 11

In an energy pyramid, there is approximately 10% of the energy from the previous level available. This is because the organisms use the rest of their energy to carry out their living processes such as cellular respiration, reproduction, growth etc.

Question 12

How is compost created?

Answer 12

Detritivores help create the compost by enabling the organic material to decompose and break down.

Question 13

What are some things you can compost

Answer 13

Fruit and vegetable scraps (or expired fruits and vegetables), eggshells, paper napkins, and coffee grounds

Question 14

What are some things you can NOT compost

Answer 14

Coffee cups, meats and bones, pastas and grains, food cooked in oil, dairy, recyclables, non-biodegradable waste, and bio-plastics

Question 15

What is 1 example of a producer

Answer 15

A tree. It absorbs its energy from the sun

Question 16

What are 4 examples of primary consumers

Answer 16

A feild mouse, quail, a beetle, and a squirrel. All of these eat trees/tree parts

Question 17

What are three examples of secondary consumers

Answer 17

A hawk, a frog, and a raccoon. The hawk eats the feild mouse, quail, beetle, and squirrel. The frog eats the beetle. The raccoon eats the beetle

Question 18

What are 3 examples of tertiary consumers.

Answer 18

A wolf, red fox, and black bear. The wolf eats the field mouse, frog, and raccoon. The red fox eats the field mouse, frog, and raccoon. The black bear eats the frog and raccoon.

Question 19

What is an example of a decomposer?

Answer 19

Bacteria. They feed on dead producers, primary consumers, secondary consumers, and tertiary consumers.

Question 19

What are 2 examples of detritivores?

Answer 19

A crow and a turkey vulture. They eat dead primary, secondary, and tertiary consumers.