Question | Answer |
What is the process by which plants make food, using energy from sunlight? | photosynthesis |
What is a green pigment that allows a plant to absorb the sun’s energy? | chlorophyll |
What is an organism that makes its own food? | producer |
What is an animal that eats plants or other animals? | consumer |
What is the best source of energy for producers? | sun |
Enables a plant to use the sun’s energy to make food. | chlorophyll |
During transpiration, this item from a plant is lost through its leaves. | water |
What is a community of organisms and the environment in which they live? | ecosystem |
What is an animal that eats only producers? | herbivore |
What is an animal that eats other animals and is also called a 2nd level consumer? | carnivore |
What is the transfer of energy between organisms in an ecosystem? | food chain |
What is an organism that breaks down the remains of dead plants and animals? | decomposer |
What is a diagram that shows how much food energy is passed to each level in a food chain? | energy pyramid |
What type of organism is always at the top or last on the food chain? | decomposer |
Does the number of organisms decrease or increase as you move up the energy pyramid? | decrease |
If an animal eats a plant or another animal how much of the energy will be passed on? | about 10% |
Put these organisms into the proper food chain order: Grasshopper, Owl, Snake, Grass | grass, grasshopper, snake, owl |
What might happen if one level of the energy pyramid decreased? | the energy level of the next would decrease as well |