

Food Chains and Food Webs Explained
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Science
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7th Grade
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Hard
Joseph Anderson
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9 Slides • 15 Questions
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Food Webs and Ecosystems

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Food Webs Review
Food webs are made up of connected Food Chains
Arrows show the direction that energy flows
More energy can be found with the producers
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Energy Pyramids Review
Producers are the foundation for energy pyramids, food chains, and food webs
Producers get their energy from the sun
As you move up the energy pyramid, energy decreases
As energy decreases, so does the amount of life found there (biomass)
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Multiple Choice
What would happen if there were no thrush in the model above?
there would be more insects and slugs
there would be less insects and sluga
there would be more voles
there would be more hawks
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Multiple Choice
The model above is an example of a ...
food chain
food web
habitat
ecosystem
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Multiple Choice
The model above is an example of a ..
food web
food chain
habitat
ecosystem
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Multiple Choice
What is the producer in the picture above?
grasshopper
snake
grass
Sun
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Levels of Organization and Food Webs
Organism - a single member of a particular species
Population - multiple members of that species found in a particular area
A zebra population is pictured
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Levels of Organization Continued
Community - all the LIVING things in an area interacting together
Ecosystem - All the Living and Nonliving things in an area interacting
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
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Ecosystems are the interaction of living and nonliving things
Abiotic factors - are those that are nonliving
Biotic factors - those that are living
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
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Food Webs Occur in 3 Major Types of Ecosystems
Type 1 - Marine
Marine ecosystems are Salt water ecosystems
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Food Webs Occur in 3 Major Types of Ecosystems
Type 2 - Freshwater Ecosystems
Freshwater ecosystems include streams, lakes, rivers, ponds
If it is water based and the water lacks salt, it is freshwater
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Food Webs Occur in 3 Major Types of Ecosystems
Type 3 - Terrestrial Ecosystems
Terrestrial ecosystems are all land based
If it has land, it's terrestrial
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Multiple Choice
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Multiple Choice
Where does the food chain START?
with consumers that eat grass
with the sun giving energy to producers
with the sun giving energy to consumers
with consumers eating other consumers
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Multiple Choice
A Great White Shark would be found in what ecosystem?
Freshwater
Marine
Terrestrial
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