Energy Flow NOTES

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24 questions
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shows how organisms get their ___ in a straight line

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shows all the feeding _____ between organisms consuming each other

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food chains begin with a ______ (choose 2)

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food chains end with a ______ (choose 2)

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Review: Which is true?

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Label: secondary consumer, producer, tertiary consumer, primary consumer
Other Answer Choices:
secondary consumer
primary consumer
tertiary consumer
producer
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What are 3 major producers in the world?

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What are 3 food sources for the sea otter?

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What main trophic level is the sea otter?

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Which 2 other trophic levels could the sea otter be, depending on what it eats?

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Energy pyramids show how most of the energy is _____ as it moves up through the ecosystem.

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In an energy pyramid, the top consumer is always found ____.

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Only about ____% of energy is transferred per level

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The other 90%, a lot of it is lost to ______

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More producers than consumers because there needs to be ______ of producers to eat!

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Smallest sized organisms are usually at the bottom because energy is ______ between so many (ex. blades of grass)

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So the BOTTOM level of an energy pyramid has the: (choose 3)

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REVIEW: What is the first trophic level of an ecosystem called?

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REVIEW: A(n) _____ is considered a SECONDARY CONSUMER.

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REVIEW: Each time energy is transferred from 1 trophic level to the next, what happens to the AMOUNT OF ENERGY?

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Review: What 2 actual EXAMPLES of things can a black bear eat that makes it both a PRIMARY and SECONDARY CONSUMER?

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REVIEW: Why is the shape of a triangle a good choice for the ENERGY PYRAMID?