Busy. Please wait.
Log in with Clever
or

show password
Forgot Password?

Don't have an account?  Sign up 
Sign up using Clever
or

Username is available taken
show password


Make sure to remember your password. If you forget it there is no way for StudyStack to send you a reset link. You would need to create a new account.
Your email address is only used to allow you to reset your password. See our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.


Already a StudyStack user? Log In

Reset Password
Enter the associated with your account, and we'll email you a link to reset your password.

Energy roles, flow, and pyramids

Quiz yourself by thinking what should be in each of the black spaces below before clicking on it to display the answer.
        Help!  

Question
Answer
What provides most of the energy in ecosystems?   the sun  
🗑
What is able to make food using sun, water, and carbon dioxide in a process called photosynthesis ? ex. plants, algae, and some bacteria   producers  
🗑
What breaks down dead organisms and wastes? ex. bacteria, and fungi.   decomposers  
🗑
What is another name for producers that means "self feeders"?   autotrophs  
🗑
What depends on other organisms to obtain energy?   consumers  
🗑
What kind of consumers only eat plants?   herbivores  
🗑
What kind of consumers only eat meat?   carnivores  
🗑
What are the three different energy roles in an ecosystem?   producers, consumers, & decomposers  
🗑
What kind of consumers eat both plants and animals?   omnivores  
🗑
What is another name for consumers that means "other feeders"?   heterotrophs  
🗑
What process do producers use light energy from the sun, water, and carbon dioxide to make their own food called glucose?   photosynthesis  
🗑
What is a kind of consumer that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms?   scavenger  
🗑
What is a linear diagram that shows how matter and energy flow from producers to consumers to decomposers?   food chain  
🗑
What does the energy flow arrow mean in a food chain?   gets eaten by  
🗑
What are interconnected food chains?   food webs  
🗑
What is a model that shows the flow of energy through an ecosystem?   energy pyramid  
🗑
What are trophic levels?   The feeding levels of an energy pyramid through which energy flows from producers to primary consumers, secondary consumers and so on.  
🗑
What is the base of an energy pyramid?   producers like plants, grasses, algae, phytoplankton  
🗑
Why does energy decrease as it moves up the energy pyramid?   at each trophic level, organisms use 90% of the available energy for life processes, like growth & reproduction  
🗑
What is the 10% rule?   when energy is passed from one trophic level to the next, only about 10% will be passed on  
🗑


   

Review the information in the table. When you are ready to quiz yourself you can hide individual columns or the entire table. Then you can click on the empty cells to reveal the answer. Try to recall what will be displayed before clicking the empty cell.
 
To hide a column, click on the column name.
 
To hide the entire table, click on the "Hide All" button.
 
You may also shuffle the rows of the table by clicking on the "Shuffle" button.
 
Or sort by any of the columns using the down arrow next to any column heading.
If you know all the data on any row, you can temporarily remove it by tapping the trash can to the right of the row.

 
Embed Code - If you would like this activity on your web page, copy the script below and paste it into your web page.

  Normal Size     Small Size show me how
Created by: janicebryan
Popular Ecology sets