Thursday, December 20, 2007

The Food Chain and The Food Web

Energy for our planet comes from the sun.  Only plants and other photosynthetic organisms can convert solar energy into food for animals.  The food chain and the food web show how energy moves through the ecosystem.  The food chain shows one path for energy to flow. The food web shows more interactions and the food web is continuous.  To learn more, visit the following links.




Quiz

1-What does the arrow represent in food the chain/web?

2-Why are plants at the bottom of the food of the food pyramid?

3-What happens to energy as it moves through the ecosystem?_____  Explain.

4- What happens when you remove one organism from the ecosystem?

5- How are autotrophs different from heterotrophs? 

6- What role do decomposers play in the ecosystem?





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