Energy Flow in the Ecosystem

Energy Flow in the Ecosystem

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Multiple Choice

Grass is considered a ...

• consumer
• producer
• decomposer
• composers

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An organism that uses sunlight to create its own food is known as a:

• Producer
• Heterotroph
• Consumer
• Decomposer

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What are animals called in a food chain?

• Producers
• Consumers
• Decomposers
• Plants

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A consumer gets energy by doing what?

• Making it themselves.
• Breaking down biotic wastes and dead organisms and returning raw materials to the ecosystem.
• Soaking it up from the ground.
• Feeding on other organisms.

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Animal that gets its energy and nutrition from eating meat.

• Detritivore

• Ominvore

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a decomposer?

• A mushroom

• An omnivore

• A tiger

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a primary consumer in a food chain?

• predators

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

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This type of consumer eats both other consumers and producers to obtain energy. It's name means "ALL" or "WHOLE" in latin.

• Carnivore.
• Herbivore.
• Omnivore
• Scavenger.

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is made up of many food chains in an ecosystem.  *It branches out and connects many organisms

• food chain
• food web
• energy pyramid

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shows a series of organisms that eat other organisms.  *It follows a strait line, like a rope

• food chain
• food web
• energy pyramid

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The energy role that break down biotic wastes and dead organisms is?

• Consumer
• Producer
• Scavenger
• Decomposer

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An energy pyramid represents what?

• How much sunlight is available for the ecosystem to use. 
• How much energy a particular organism needs. 
• How much energy is needed to build a pyramid. 
• The amount of energy available to the next 'feeder' in a food web.