energy flow and food webs

Question 1

what are the two types of energy?

Answer 1

1.) kinetic (sun, thermal, battery, mechanical)
2.) chemical energy (nuclear, gravitational, magnetic)

Question 2

different types of organisms:

Answer 2

• Producer → makes its own organic nutrients
• Consumer → gets its energy by feeding on other
  organisms (herbivore, carnivore, omnivore)
• Decomposer → gets its energy from dead or waste
  organic materia

Question 3

explain food chain

Answer 3

line-up of who eats whom in nature. shows the flow of energy from one organism to another.

Question 4

explain food web

Answer 4

has interconnected food chains, and shows a more complex idea of a who eats whom situation. it clearly shows the reltionships between different organisms.

Question 5

what is trophic level

Answer 5

is the position of an organism in a food chain, food web or
ecological pyramid.

Question 6

what is pyramids of numbers

Answer 6

visual representation of the number of organisms at each level in a food chain or food web.

Question 7

what is pyramids of biomass

Answer 7

visual way of showing how much living material (biomass) is present at each level in an ecosystem.