3.1 Energy Flow in Ecosystems

A __________________ is a type of animal that hunts other animals to eat. 

• prey
• herbivore
• predator
• producer

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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An organism that can make its own food is called?

• Consumer
• Producer
• Decomposer
• Herbivore

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A food chain is?

• Overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
• The amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.
• A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.
• biotic and abiotic factors in an area.

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A carnivore eats only other animals. What is an example?

• Bison
• Elephant
• Caterpillar
• Coyote

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

• Consumer
• Producer
• Scavenger
• Decomposer

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This diagram shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.

• Energy Pyramid
• Food Web
• Ecosystem
• Food Chain

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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.

A food web consists of?

• Many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
• A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.
• Amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another.
• Many types of insects that are stuck.

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This type of consumer obtains all of its energy by eating only producers.

• Omnivore
• Herbivore
• Scavenger
• Carnivore