Env Ecosystems Energy Flow

An organism that can make its own food is called?

• Consumer
• Producer
• Decomposer
• Herbivore

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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.

A snake eats mice which eat grain. Which trophic level is it in?

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Producer

• Tertiary Consumer

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

• Consumer
• Producer
• Scavenger
• Decomposer

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.

This type of consumer eats only plants.

• Carnivore.
• Herbivore
• Omnivore.
• Scavenger.

Which of this energy roles is always located at the bottom of an energy pyramid?

• Producer
• Second-Level Carnivores
• Herbivores.
• First-Level Consumers.

What is the role of a producer?

• Use sunlight to make food
• Gain energy from eating other organisms
• Keep other species from overpopulating
• Breaking down dead stuff 

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In a food chain, the first link (where the energy begins) is always:

• a primary consumer
• a decomposer
• a producer
• an omnivore

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3