Food Webs

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What does a food chain show?

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Energy flow through an ecosystem

Front

Where does the energy start in this food chain? Options: Hawk, Snake, Sun, Fungi

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Sun

Front

What is the role of a producer?

Back

Use sunlight to make food

Front

An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

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Consumer

Front

What do the arrows in a food chain or web represent?

Back

They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms.

Front

Trophic level

Back

Each level represented within a food chain or web.

Front

An energy pyramid represents what?

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The amount of energy available to the next 'feeder' in a food web.

Front

How much energy is available to be passed on to the next trophic level in an ecosystem?

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10%

Front

In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the most energy available? Options: Top Predator, Herbivores, Carnivores, Producers

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Producers

Front

In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in each level gets lost as heat or used by the organism for survival?

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90%