Food Chains, Food Webs, and Ecological Pyramids

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What does a food web represent?

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All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in an ecosystem.

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Which of the following is a herbivore? (Options: cricket, frog, hawk, shrew)

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Cricket

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Which organism receives the least amount of energy from the producer? (Options: Owl, Grasshopper, Lilypad, Mouse)

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Owl

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What type of relationship do barnacles have with whales? (Options: parasitism, commensalism, mutualism)

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Commensalism

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What does a Primary Consumer eat? (Options: Tertiary Consumers, Secondary Consumers, Producers)

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Producers

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Define a food chain.

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A linear sequence of organisms where nutrients and energy pass from one to another.

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What is a producer in an ecosystem?

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An organism that can make its own food through photosynthesis, such as plants.

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What is a primary consumer?

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An organism that eats producers; typically herbivores.

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What is a secondary consumer?

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An organism that eats primary consumers; can be carnivores or omnivores.

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What is a tertiary consumer?

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An organism that eats secondary consumers; usually top predators.