Energy Transfer in Ecosystems

Front

What do producers need to make food?

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1. Energy from the sun 2. Water 3. Carbon dioxide from the air 4. Micronutrients from the soil

Front

What are organisms that transform energy from the Sun and use carbon dioxide and water to make food?

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Producers

Front

Which consumer is most likely to survive if it lost one of its sources of food?

Back

Frog

Front

What is an organism that obtains energy by eating only plants called?

Back

Herbivore

Front

How is the hawk indirectly affected by the elimination of the fox?

Back

Fewer foxes will result in more Hare (rabbits), allowing the hawk population to increase.

Front

What is the process by which plants use sunlight to make food?

Back

Photosynthesis

Front

What is a consumer that eats both plants and animals called?

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Omnivore

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What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

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Decomposers break down dead organic matter, returning nutrients to the soil.

Front

What is the term for animals that eat only meat?

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Carnivore

Front

What is the energy source for most ecosystems?

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The Sun