Trophic Levels

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.

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Which animal is not the apex predator but, a predator to a mouse?

• hawk
• rabbit
• snake
• grass

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Which animal is the apex predator?

• hawk
• lizard
• snake
• grass

An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste is a(an) ___________.

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer
• autotroph

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Organisms that create their own energy from sunlight or chemicals

• Herbivore
• Omnivore
• Autotroph
• Heterotroph 

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An organism that obtains energy by consuming plants and animals.

• Omnivores
• Carnivores
• Herbivores
• Humans 

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An organism that uses an outside source of energy like the sun to create energy-rich food molecules.

• Consumer
• Producer
• Decomposer
• Parasite 

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Water temperature would be an example of ...

•  biotic factor
•  abiotic factor

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What does a food web represent?

• All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
• The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
• A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
• How carnivores get their food. 

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All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.

• community
• habitat
• population
• ecosystem

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