LS.6 Energy Flow Through Ecosystems

Which trophic level is the Primary consumer? 

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Based on the model, which consumers would receive the greatest amount of energy captured by the producers in their food chains? 

• Beluga Whale
• Polar Bear and Arctic Hare
• Ptarmigan and Arctic Bumble
• Lichens and Shrubs

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If the original amount of energy in an energy pyramid is 10,000 J what amount is left for the apex predators?

• 10 J
• 1 J
• 100 J
• 1000 J

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How much energy is lost when organisms consume another organism from a different level? 

• 90%
• 20%
• 50%
• 10%

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Where do producers get their energy? 

• soil
• decomposers
• sun
• garbage

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These organisms exit within every trophic level giving nutrients back to the soil.  

• plants
• bees
• birds
• worms

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Makes its own food

• autotroph
• heterotroph
• herbivore
• biomass

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Position that an organism occupies based on what it eats

• biomass
• autotroph
• trophic level
• carnivore

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Eats other organisms

• producer
• trophic level
• autotroph
• consumer

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Only eats meat

• omnivore
• herbivore
• carnivore
• primary consumer

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