Ecology (Pyramids, Webs, and Chains)

The efficiency of energy transfer from a lower trophic level to the next highest level is roughly

• 1%
• 10%
• 100%
• 1000%

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Food chains are interconnecting food webs.

• true
• false

Which animal is the apex predator?

• hawk
• lizard
• snake
• grass

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Where does all the energy in a food chain come from?

• producers

• sun

• consumer

• decomposers

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

• hawk
• rabbit
• snake
• grass

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Why is a shark a carnivore.

• because it eats seaweed
• because it eats dead animals
• because it eats sand 
• because it eats other animals

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 of the following is a herbivore?

• cricket
• frog
• hawk
• shrew

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The shrew provides energy for the _______.

• cricket
• grasshopper
• frog
• snake

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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