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Energy Flow in Ecosystems

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  • Which tropic level is represented at letter D?
    producer (heterotroph)
  • What animal is the apex predator in this food chain?
    The seal
  • All of the living and nonliving features that interact in a particular environment
    An ecosystem
  • Producer, consumer, or decomposer?
    Consumer
  • What is the producer in this food chain?
    algae
  • Many interconnected food chains form a ____.
    Food web
  • Producer, consumer, or decomposer?
    Decomposer
  • When an entire organism species is no longer part of an ecosystem, what happens to the remaining ecosystem?
    The ecosystem is thrown off balance.
  • What is the third order consumer in this food chain?
    salmon
  • A group of the same species of organisms living in an ecosystem
    a population
  • What do the arrows in a food web represent?
    The flow of energy
  • Is there more energy available at the producer level or at the tertiary consumer level?
    producer
  • What is this a picture of?
    food chain
  • Which of these would be an herbivore? Choices: 1st level, 2nd level, 3rd level consumer
    1st level consumer (primary consumer)
  • In an energy pyramid, how much energy moves up each level? (Answer is a percentage)
    Approximately 10%
  • Producer, consumer, or decomposer?
    Producer
  • Where do producers get their energy in a food chain?
    The sun
  • All the different species of organisms living in an ecosystem
    a community
  • How much energy is available at trophic level A?
    0.1%