Energy Pyramids

Energy Pyramids

Assessment

Flashcard

Biology

9th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

Created by

Wayground Content

FREE Resource

Student preview

quiz-placeholder

15 questions

Show all answers

1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is an Energy Pyramid?

Back

A graphical representation showing the amount of energy available at each trophic level in an ecosystem.

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Why is a pyramid shape used to represent energy transfer?

Back

Because energy decreases as you go up the food chain, similar to how a pyramid gets smaller as you go up.

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

If there are 1000 Kcal available at the producers level, how much energy is available at the primary consumers level?

Back

100 Kcal.

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What is the average amount of energy transferred from one trophic level to the next?

Back

10%.

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What happens to energy as it moves up the trophic levels?

Back

Energy decreases as it moves up the trophic levels.

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What are producers in an energy pyramid?

Back

Organisms that produce energy through photosynthesis, such as plants.

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

What are primary consumers?

Back

Organisms that eat producers, such as herbivores.

Access all questions and much more by creating a free account

Create resources

Host any resource

Get auto-graded reports

Google

Continue with Google

Email

Continue with Email

Classlink

Continue with Classlink

Clever

Continue with Clever

or continue with

Microsoft

Microsoft

Apple

Apple

Others

Others

Already have an account?