2.2 READING QUESTIONS
FLOW of ENERGY in an ECOSYSTEM
NAME_______________________HR_____
NUMBER the PARAGRAPH HEADINGS/SUB-headings: [general p16-18 / 8] [honors p41-44 / 7]
READ: CIRCLE vocabulary terms and UNDERLINE the definition in RED PEN
RE-READ: ANSWER Q’s and HIGHLIGHT information used to SUPPORT your answer for the reading questions
1-DEFINE: using your knowledge from the reading infer the definition of ENERGY-_____________________________
2-IDENTIFY: How do AUTOTROPHS obtain energy?
__________________________________
3-IDENTIFY: How do HETEROTROPHS obtain energy?
__________________________________
4-DRAW: a circle around the autotroph/box around the heterotrophs.
IDENTIFY the # of:
-producer ___
-carnivore ___
-omnivore ___
-herbivore ___
5- COMPARE & CONTRAST a DETRITIVORE / DECOMPOSER
detritivore
BOTH
____________________
____________________
____________________
2.2 READING QUESTIONS
FLOW of ENERGY in an ECOSYSTEM
decomposer
____________________
____________________
NAME_______________________HR_____
NUMBER the PARAGRAPH HEADINGS/SUB-headings: [general p16-18 / 8] [honors p41-44 / 7]
READ: CIRCLE vocabulary terms and UNDERLINE the definition in RED PEN
RE-READ: ANSWER Q’s and HIGHLIGHT information used to SUPPORT your answer for the reading questions
1-DEFINE: using your knowledge from the reading infer the definition of ENERGY-_____________________________
2-IDENTIFY: How do AUTOTROPHS obtain energy?
__________________________________
3-IDENTIFY: How do HETEROTROPHS obtain energy? __________________________________
4-DRAW: a circle around the autotroph/box around the heterotrophs.
IDENTIFY the # of:
-producer ___
-carnivore ___
-omnivore ___
-herbivore ___
5- COMPARE & CONTRAST a DETRITIVORE / DECOMPOSER
detritivore
BOTH
____________________
____________________
____________________
decomposer
____________________
____________________
6-EXPLAIN: what does a trophic level represent? ________________________________________________
7- COMPARE & CONTRAST a FOOD CHAIN / FOOD WEB
food chain
BOTH
____________________
____________________
food web
____________________
8-EXPLAIN: what does an arrow [] signify in a food chain/web?
-__________________________________________
9-IDENTIFY what ecologist use to model how energy flows through an ecosystem: ____________________
[amount of energy available to each trophic level / amount of total mass of living matter at each trophic level]
6-EXPLAIN: what does a trophic level represent? ________________________________________________
7- COMPARE & CONTRAST a FOOD CHAIN / FOOD WEB
food chain
BOTH
____________________
____________________
food web
____________________
8-EXPLAIN: what does an arrow [] signify in a food chain/web?
-__________________________________________
9-IDENTIFY what ecologist use to model how energy flows through an ecosystem: ____________________
[amount of energy available to each trophic level / amount of total mass of living matter at each trophic level]