GR 5 Unit 1 L5: Food Chains & Webs

Front

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

Back

They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms.

Front

What is one path that energy flows through an ecosystem?

Back

Grasses -> Termite -> Monkey -> Eagle

Front

Which organism transforms energy from the Sun into food in a marine food chain?

Back

Phytoplankton

Front

What is an example of a consumer?

Back

Hawk

Front

What is the efficiency of energy transfer from a lower trophic level to the next highest level?

Back

10%.

Front

What is a food chain?

Back

A sequence that shows how energy and nutrients flow from one organism to another.

Front

What is a food web?

Back

A complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.

Front

What is a producer?

Back

An organism that makes its own food, typically through photosynthesis.

Front

What is a primary consumer?

Back

An organism that eats producers, such as herbivores.

Front

What is a secondary consumer?

Back

An organism that eats primary consumers, such as carnivores.