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Microorganisms, Flow of Matter, Pyramid Short

Microorganisms, Flow of Matter, Pyramid Short

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Biology

9th Grade

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NGSS
MS-LS2-3, MS-LS2-1, MS-LS2-4

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ANDREA MEYER MUNOZ

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Are microorganisms helpful or harmful?
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Helpful
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Harmful
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Both
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Neither

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An ocean food chain is shown in the diagram above.  Which organism represents the trophic level containing approximately 1% of the initial amount of solar energy acquired by the phytoplankton?
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Copepods
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Sand eels
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Herring
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Humans

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The food web shows the flow of energy through a sagebrush-steppe ecosystem.
Which of these organisms are in a trophic level that receives a larger percentage of the energy captured by the producers than the percentage received at the bats’ trophic level?
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Mountain lions
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Snakes
3
Hawks
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Ground squirrels

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A terrestrial food web is shown below.
Which of the following lists only organisms that are secondary consumers in this food web?
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Mice, rabbits, herbivorous insects, and squirrels
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Predacrous insects, toads, spiders, and foxes
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Spiders, foxes, owls, hawks, and snakes
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Insectivorous birds, seed-eating birds, owls, and hawks

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Which of the following are missing from the food web shown above?
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Producers
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Decomposers
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Omnivores
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Predators

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What makes an energy pyramid different than a food web or chain?
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It shows energy flowing from the top of the chain and downward. 
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The tropic levels are the opposite
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It shows the amount of energy in each trophic level
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It shows specific predator/prey relationships

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

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A marine ecosystem is represented below.
What is lost to the environment at each of the trophic levels of this ecosystem?
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Nutrients from the soil
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Living space for the organisms
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Food sources
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Heat

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Multiple Choice

Consider the following food chain:

Algae > Mayfly > Minnow > Trout

In a polluted ecosystem, which organism would likely have the HIGHEST level of toxic chemicals in its body?

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Algae

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Mayfly

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Minnow

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Trout

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The phenomenon by which toxins concentrate in the organisms at higher trophic levels within an ecosystem is known as...

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Biotoxicity

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Biomagnification

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Eutrophication

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Predation

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Are microorganisms helpful or harmful?
1
Helpful
2
Harmful
3
Both
4
Neither

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