Energy Flow In Ecosystems | Cycles of Matter | Vocab | Food chain | Energy Flow In Ecosystems 2 |
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Energy
When an organism eats, it obtains what?
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Water cycle, evaporation, condensation, precipitation
What are the 4 types of recycling matter?
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predators
Eat other animals
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duckweed
What is the producer? Duckweed --> crayfish --> frog --> river otter --> alligator
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producers
organisms that make their own food
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because it is already used
Why does the energy from one animal not get passed on to the next animal?
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atoms
What is matter made of?
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prey
fed upon by predators
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rabbit
What is the 1st level consumer? grass --> cottontail rabbit --> red fox
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consumers
organisms that obtain energy by feeding on other organisms
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10% ; 90%
Example* the fox gets __% of energy from the rabbit. The rabbit used __% of the energy.
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molecules
What are 2 or more atoms bonded together called?
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herbivores
obtain energy by only eating plants
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red fox
What is the 2nd level consumer? trees --> field mouse --> red fox
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scavenger
consumers that feed on the bodies of dead organisms
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used for moving, growing, reproducing, respiration, and active transport
What is the energy used for?
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water vapor that changes into water
What is condensation?
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autotrophic
can produce their own food using the suns energy
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red fox
What is the 3rd level consumer? grass --> grass hoper --> field mouse --> red fox
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decomposers
organisms that break down wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the environment
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shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web
What does energy pyramids show?
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rain, snow, sleet, or hail that fall back to earth
What is precipitation?
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heterotrophs
"other feeders" cannot produce their own food
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grass
What is the producer? grass --> termite --> shrew --> red fox
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omnivore
consumers that eat both plants and animals
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