Energy Flow in Ecosystems/S7L4 review

A fox's diet contains beetles, eggs, berries, fish and mice. What kind of consumer is a fox?

• carnivore
• herbivore
• omnivore
• decomposer

Which is likely to occupy the second trophic level in a food chain?

• a potato
• a worm that eats the potato
• a bird that eats the worm
• a fox that eats the bird

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

An insect such as a bee, that feeds on a plant is called a ____________.

• decomposer
• omnivore
• herbivore

___________refers to the total mass of living plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria in a given area

• biomass
• energy
• ecological mass

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A field of wheat is an example of which member of a food chain?

• decomposer
• consumer
• herbivore
• producer

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What is the best example of a detrivore from the list below?

• earthworm
• green algae
• grasshopper
• spotted frog

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the source of energy for most ecosystems?

• rain
• sunlight
• the moon

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A ______always begins a food chain or food web

• consumer
• autotroph
• carnivore
• omnivore

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Energy flow in ______direction.

• one
• both
• cross

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NGSS.HS-PS3-4

Your teacher asks you to design a diagram to show the models of feeding relationships within a ecosystem. Which type of model should you choose?

• food chain
• food web

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