Ecosystem Interdependence Notes

Multiple Select

Mark ALL the abiotic factors listed.

• Waterfall

• Flowers

• Grass

• Clouds

Categorize

Options (10)

duck

butterfly

fish

deer

trees

water

soil

rocks

wind

sun

Classify as either biotic or abiotic factors

biotic

abiotic

Multiple Choice

What are the biotic factors in this image?

• sunlight, elephants, and grasses
• sunlight, water,  and air
• elephants, plants, trees 

Multiple Choice

Why are producers found at the base of the pyramid?

• 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. 

Multiple Choice

The diagram represents a pyramid of energy in an ecosystem.  Which level would most likely contain members of the plant kingdom?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Multiple Choice

In the energy pyramid below, which organism has the least amount of energy available?

• Producers
• Herbivores
• Carnivores
• Top Predator

Multiple Choice

In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in the producers gets passed to the herbivores?

• 10%
• 20%
• 80%
• 90%

Multiple Choice

Which organism recieves the least amount of energy from the producer?

• Owl
• Grasshopper
• Lilypad
• Mouse

Multiple Choice

An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

• Autotroph
• Producer
• Consumer
• Mutualist

Multiple Choice

Where do producers get their energy? 

• soil
• decomposers
• sun
• garbage

Multiple Choice

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.

Multiple Choice

Where does the energy start in this food chain?

• Plant
• Sun
• Deer
• Wolf

Multiple Choice

Only eats plants

• omnivore
• carnivore
• herbivore
• tertiary consumer

Multiple Select

Click on the image to make it larger-- Choose all that apply: The hawk gets energy from...

• mouse

• rabbit

• wildflowers

• snake

Multiple Select

Click on the imgae to make it larger-- Choose the herbivores in the food web....

• hawk

• mouse

• rabbit

• snake

Multiple Select

Click on the image to make it larger-- Choose the living things that are producers...

• wildflowers

• rabbit

• snake

• grass

Multiple Choice

If the snake population decreased, which populations would increase as a result?

• Birds and Frogs

• Hawks and Frogs

• Birds and Hawks

• Frogs and Butterflies

Multiple Choice

The ___% rule states that only ____% of energy is transferred to the next trophic level.

• 10%
• 25%
• 50%
• 100%

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?

• There would be a decrease in the small bird population.
• There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.
• There would be a decrease in the mice population.
• There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.

Multiple Choice

Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming from them in a food web?

• More than one organism may eat them. 
• They may eat more than one other organism. 
• This organism gets its energy from multiple sources. 
• They have no resources available to them.