Tropic levels

Trophic levels

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tertiary consumers

• Eat the primary consumer

• Eat plants and animals

• Consume the producer

• eat the secondary consumer

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The first trophic level is

• Carnivore

• Producer

• Primary Consumer

• Herbivore

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The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?

• They point to the organism that is being eaten.
• It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.
• They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. 
• They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

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Trophic levels are represented by 

• squares
• circles
• pyramids
• lines

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Look carefully at the image. If energy is lost as it moves up the food chain, what trophic level has the most amount of energy?

• 1st level - producers

• 2nd level - primary consumers

• 3rd level - secondary consumers

• 4th level - tertiary consumers

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What kind of organisms are usually at the top of the food chain?

• producers

• herbivores

• omnivores

• carnivores

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This question is confusing! Look CAREFULLY at the image. What trophic level is the PRIMARY consumer?

• 1st

• 2nd

• 3rd

• 4th

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True or false: smaller organisms are at higher trophic (energy) levels.

• True

• False

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According to the image, what is the secondary consumer?

• plant

• insect

• mouse

• snake

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According to the image, what is the primary consumer in the food chain?

• plant

• insect

• mouse

• snake

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The word "primary" means "first."

If that's true, what does primary consumer mean?

Hint: look carefully at the food chain!

• the first organism in a food chain

• the first organism that consumes something else for energy

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How much energy is moved from one trophic level to the next trophic level?

• 100%

• 1/2

• 10%

• 25%

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tertiary consumers

• Eat the primary consumer

• Eat plants and animals

• Consume the producer

• eat the secondary consumer

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The first trophic level is

• Carnivore

• Producer

• Primary Consumer

• Herbivore