Energy Pyramids

A DECOMPOSER

• Makes its own energy
• Eats other organisms
• Eats DEAD organisms

A PLANT EATER is a

• Herbivore
• Carnivore
• Omnivore
• Producer

Where does the LETTUCE get its energy?

• The sun
• The slug
• The bird
• The cat

What is PHOTOSYNTHESIS?

• How plants create food for itself.
• How all organisms get energy
• How pictures are made
• One of Mr. Shurbutt's made up words

In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the most energy available?

• Producers
• Carnivores
• Herbivores
• Top Predator

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in each level gets lost as heat or used by the organism for survival?

• 80% or 4/5ths
• 90% or 9/10ths
• 10% or 1/10th
• 20% or 1/5th

The diagram is intended to show relationships in an ecosystem. What do the arrows represent?

• The direction of population migration
• Differences in dietary habits
• Progressively smaller organisms
• The direction of the energy flow

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

If these organisms were arranged in a food pyramid, which organism would have the least amount of total energy available?

• coyote
• insect
• lizard
• shrub

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A Biotic factor is _________

• nonliving
• living
• biology
• biotech