Ecosystems Test (study guide)

Food Chains and Food Webs

Food webs and food chains are diagrams that show how energy flows between organisms living in the same ___________.

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

Food Chains and Food Webs

Arrows on a food chain or food web represent the direction in which energy travels.

Arrows should point from ___________________.

• the eaten to the eater.

• the eater to the eaten.

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

Food Chains and Food Webs

A food chain is a simple model that shows feeding relationships within ___ pathway.

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

Food Chains and Food Webs

A food web is a more complex model that shows feeding relationships within ________ pathways.

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

Food Chains and Food Webs

Energy roles:

Producers make food from the ___

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

Food Chains and Food Webs

Energy roles:

Primary consumers eat ______ (herbivores)

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

Food Chains and Food Webs

Energy roles:

Secondary consumers eat ____________ (may be carnivores or omnivores)

Tags

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

Food Chains and Food Webs

Energy roles:

Tertiary consumers eat ___________ (usually carnivores)

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

Energy Flow Through An Ecosystem

All energy originates from the ____ and is transferred from organism to organism through a food chain.

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CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RI.7.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7

Energy Flow Through An Ecosystem

The position an organism occupies in a food chain is known as a ______ ______.

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

CCSS.RL.7.7