Which type of consumer eats both plants and animals?
omnivore
Name a top predator that would be at the top of an energy pyramid.
Any large carnivore...hawk, coyote, wolf (Apex predator)
Which factors can determine the climate of a given location?
abiotic factors
The ultimate source of energy for all organisms is the?
sun
Name 3 biotic factors in the rainforest.
trees, parrot, snake,
Food chain...grasses-insects-bird-snake-large bird. What would happen if all the insects died out?
The number of birds (what eats the insects) would decrease
Energy is tranferred from a produer to a consumer how?
When the consumer eats the producer or the primary consumer or secondary consumer. Through what it eats.
In what trophic level on the energy pyramid do you find a primary consumer?
the second
Which type of relationship exists if a wolf eats a squirrel?
Predator-prey
In a food web, the arrow depicts what information?
direction of energy flow or energy transfer from one organism to the other
What is the role of a producer in an ecosystem?
to use energy from the sun to make food
Why do large, top predators (tertiary consumers) need to eat more than a primary consumer?
The amount of energy they receive from what they eat is much less than that of a primary consumer.
Subsystem identifying water.
biosphere
atmsophere
hydrosphere
geosphere
What is the difference between a habitat and niche?
Habitat is where the organism lives (gets water, food, shelter, space). Niche is the role the organism plays within their environment (producer, consumer).
Subsystem identifying air.
geosphere
hydrosphere
biosphere
atmosphere
How can you explain the energy transfer within an ecosystem?
inefficient- a great loss from one trophic level to another