Flow of Energy

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What percentage of energy is available to be passed on to the next level in a food web?

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10%

Front

What is a food _______?

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chain: A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.

Front

Which level of a pyramid of energy in an ecosystem would most likely contain members of the plant kingdom?

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Level D.

Front

What are organisms that make their own food called?

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Producers.

Front

What happens to the grasshoppers if the frogs become extinct in a food chain?

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The grasshoppers will increase.

Front

What is a producer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that can make its own food through photosynthesis or chemosynthesis.

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What is a consumer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that obtains energy by eating other organisms.

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What is a decomposer?

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An organism that breaks down dead or decaying organisms, returning nutrients to the soil.

Front

What is the primary source of energy for most ecosystems?

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The sun.

Front

What is a food web?

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