Ecology

An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

• Autotroph

• Producer

• Consumer

• Mutualist

Consumer that eats plants

• heterotroph

• herbivore

• producer

• community

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. 

The rabbit in this food web would be considered a:

• Decomposer

• Producer

• Secondary Consumer

• Primary Consumer

In this Food Web Pyramid Which type of consumer gets only 10% of the energy stored in plants?

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Secondary Consumer

What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?

• energy path

• food web

• trophic level

• food pyramid

The amount of energy that usually transfers from one trophic level to the next...

• 10%

• 20%

• 80%

• 50%

An illustration that uses arrows to show the MANY possible directions in which matter and energy can pass through the organisms in an ecosystem.

• Food chain

• Food web

• Energy Pyramid

• Succession Map

The nonliving aspects of an ecosystem.

• Abiotic factors

• Biotic factors

The living portions of the ecosystem.

• Biotic factors

• Abiotic factors