The flow of energy through a community is _______, meaning that it flows in one direction. Energy cannot flow from the top of the pyramid to the _______
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Organisms within an ecosystem are classified according to how they obtain_______, they are either producers or consumers.
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Each distinct part or step of an energy pyramid is referred to as a _______ .
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The organism that serves as the primary producer in this pyramid is the _______, they "produce" energy by performing _______.
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As you move up the energy pyramid, the amount of available energy _______.
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The small crustaceans in the 2nd trophic level aquire their energy from the _______ from the 1st trophic level. The crustaceans serve as the _______ in this pyramid.
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One reason that not all of the available energy passes from one trophic level to the next is that some of it is used during _______ of organisms in prior trophic levels.
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The overall energy and _______ of each trophic level is less than the prior ones in an energy pyramid.
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As we continue to move up the energy pyramid from one trophic level to the next, two things continue to decrease. They are - _______ and _______ .
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According to the reading, _______ percent of the total energy in is lost, which means that only _______ percent of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next.
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The relationships between predators and prey in an ecosystem form _______
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All of these food chains in an ecosystem will form a _______ which displays all of the feeding relationships in an ecosystem.
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_______ is located at the bottom of a food web (do not use the specific name of a species or organism)?
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The organisms at the bottom of a food web have the name from the prior question because they engage in _______ to produce their energy (carbohydrates).
_______ are animals that feed only on plants.
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Secondary consumers are organisms that feed on _______. Tertiary consumers will feed on secondary consumers.
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Organisms can obtain energy and nutrients from multiple locations at the same time in order to survive.
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False
Food chains are more complex than food webs.
True
False
All of the possible predator-prey relationships in this ecosystem were displayed in this food web.