Flow of Energy and Matter

Front

What is the first source of energy for all food webs?

Back

Sunlight

Front

What type of organisms are the first step in a food chain?

Back

Producers

Front

How do producers get their energy?

Back

From the Sun

Front

What is a Primary Consumer?

Back

An organism that eats producers, such as plants.

Front

What is a Secondary Consumer?

Back

An organism that eats primary consumers.

Front

Define a Decomposer.

Back

An organism that breaks down dead material and recycles nutrients back into the ecosystem.

Front

What is a Food Chain?

Back

A linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another.

Front

What is a Food Web?

Back

A complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.

Front

Give an example of a Producer.

Back

Plants, such as grass or trees.

Front

What role do Consumers play in an ecosystem?

Back

They obtain energy by eating other organisms.