Energy Pyramids

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True or False. In this energy pyramid, the consumers on each level only get about 10 percent of energy that the trophic level before it has stored.

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True

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A pyramid shape is used to show the amount of available energy at each trophic level because...

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energy decreases as you go up the food chain, just like the pyramid shape gets smaller as you go up.

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If only 10% of an organism's energy is available for the next trophic level, what happens with the other 90% of the energy?

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It is used for life processes or lost as body heat.

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In this energy pyramid, what is the proper name for ANY ORGANISM ABOVE THE PRODUCER LEVEL?

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consumers

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About how much percent of energy is passed on from one organism to the next on an energy pyramid?

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10 percent of all energy gets passed

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What makes an energy pyramid different than a food web or chain?

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It shows the amount of energy in each trophic level.

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Why are producers found at the base of the pyramid?

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They create all of the energy and therefore have the most energy of all of the trophic levels, There are more plants than animals., They begin the flow of energy in an ecosystem., All of these answers are correct.

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True or False: Organisms will always stay in the same trophic level.

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False-- the trophic level an organism belongs to is based on what it is consuming in the food chain.

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What is the sun's role in the energy pyramid?

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to provide light energy for producers to convert to chemical energy.

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What form of energy is in the food organisms consume?

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chemical energy