Food Chain - Ecosystem Energy

The video explains the food chain, highlighting the roles of producers and consumers. It starts with a cheetah and gazelle, illustrating energy flow. Producers like grass use photosynthesis to create food, while consumers like gazelles and cheetahs obtain energy by eating other organisms. The video details the energy transfer from the sun to plants, then to primary consumers like gazelles, and finally to secondary consumers like cheetahs.

What is the primary source of energy for a cheetah in a food chain?

• The sun

• The gazelle

• Water

• The grass

What is the process called by which green plants produce their own food?

• Fermentation

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration

• Digestion

Which of the following is a producer in a food chain?

• Cheetah

• Lion

• Gazelle

• Grass

What term is used to describe animals that cannot produce their own food?

• Producers

• Decomposers

• Photosynthesizers

• Consumers

In a food chain, what is the gazelle classified as?

• Secondary consumer

• Decomposer

• Primary consumer

• Producer