Food Chains, Food Webs, & Energy Pyramids 2022

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What happens to energy as it moves from the sun into the producers and up through the food web to the tertiary & quaternary consumers?

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It decreases as it moves through each trophic level.

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What is the term for a linear sequence of organisms where each is eaten by the next?

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Food Chain.

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Where does all of the energy in a food web, energy pyramid, or food chain originally come from?

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Sunlight.

Front

In a pyramid of energy, which level would most likely contain members of the plant kingdom?

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The base level (producers).

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What is another name for a producer in an ecosystem?

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Autotroph.

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What is the role of producers in a food chain?

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They convert sunlight into energy through photosynthesis.

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What is a food web?

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A complex network of feeding relationships among various organisms in an ecosystem.

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What is an energy pyramid?

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A graphical representation showing the flow of energy at each trophic level in an ecosystem.

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What happens to the amount of available energy as you move up the energy pyramid?

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The available energy decreases.

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What are primary consumers?

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Organisms that eat producers; they are herbivores.