Ecosystem Flow Of Energy Flashcards
(13 cards)
What is the ecosystem flow of energy?
Animals and plants are connected because everything is energy.
Energy transfers between living organisms and the sun.
What is a food chain?
A line or sequence of organisms where one consumes the next in line.
What is a food web?
A network of interconnected relationships of all organisms in an ecosystem that shows the feeding of energy.
What does the sun provide?
The sun gives off energy in the form of radiation.
What are producers?
Plants that use energy from the sun to do photosynthesis.
What are primary consumers?
Organisms that eat producers, typically herbivores.
What are secondary consumers?
Carnivores and omnivores that eat primary consumers.
What are tertiary consumers?
Often carnivores, sometimes omnivores, that eat secondary consumers.
What is the process of converting sunlight?
Sunlight can be converted into chemical energy by plants like grass and trees.
Examples of primary consumers?
Herbivores such as rabbits and grasshoppers.
Examples of secondary consumers?
Carnivores like wolves and coyotes.
What are decomposers?
Organisms that break down dead organisms.
What are examples of decomposers?
Bacteria and fungi.
