Food Chains Flashcards

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What is a food chain?

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A FOOD CHAIN is a diagram showing the transfer of energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem (can I transfer to another planet)

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Each organism in a food chain is called a ____

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link (clinkity bink, pinkitty drinkitty)

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What symbol means is eaten by in a food chain?

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I cannot see it on slides but I am 75% sure it is an arrow

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The first link in a food chain is called a ________

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producer (be like them and be productive wink)

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a primary consumer is

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an animal which feeds on a producer (imagine the producer is u and a plant and the primary consumer is ur phone and a bunny. The bunny feeds on the plant like a phone feeds on ur productivity k)

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a secondary consumer is

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an animal which feeds on a primary consumer

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each feeding level in a food chain is called a _______ _____

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trophic level

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trophic levels in order

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Producer 🡪 primary consumer 🡪 secondary consumer 🡪 tertiary consumer 🡪 quarternary consumer (I copied and pasted and found out they are arrows)

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The arrows show the direction of flow of energy which is passed on via ________

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feeding (dang I’m hungry)

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Maximum number of links food chains usually have

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5 links (due to loss of energy by then I believe)

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what is a food web

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A FOOD WEB is a diagram showing a network of many interconnected food chains

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How many food sources do most consumers have (one or multiple)

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Most consumers have more than one source of food in an ecosystem. This
means that several food chains may have common organisms.

Example: A bird may eat both worms and mangoes. Therefore the bird will be common
to both food chains as follows: Grass 🡪 grasshopper 🡪 bird OR Mangoes 🡪 bird

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The stability of an ecosystem depends on…

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the well being of ALL the organisms in that ecosystem (proves why the human race is what it is)

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If one organism is removed (goes bye bye extinct) from a food web, what does it affect?

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it affects many other organisms in that web and by extension, the ecosystem.

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Some human activities which can have negative impacts on an ecosystem

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pollution, deforestation, the introduction of foreign species and overhunting.

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