Energy Pyramids

Energy Pyramids

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Biology

7th Grade

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Easy

NGSS
MS-LS2-3, MS-LS2-5, HS-LS2-4

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Standards-aligned

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

A pyramid shape is used to show the amount of available energy at each trophic level because... 

energy decreases as you go up the food chain, just like the pyramid shape gets smaller as you go up. 
energy increases up the food chain just like the pyramid shape gets smaller as you go up. 
energy amounts are the same at each trophic level

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NGSS.HS-LS2-4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

If only 10% of an organism's energy is available for the next trophic level, what happens with the other 90% of the energy?

It is destroyed after it is used up.

It is used for life processes or lost as body heat (metabollic waste)

It remains for the next trophic level IF the predator consumes ALL of the organism.

It is lost completely as body heat.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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In this energy pyramid, what is the proper name for ANY ORGANISM ABOVE THE PRODUCER LEVEL?

decomposers
consumers
producers
omnivores

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

About how much percent of energy is passed on from one organism to to the next on an energy pyramid?

100 percent of all energy gets passed
45 percent of all energy gets passed
10 percent of all energy gets passed
0 percent of all energy gets passed

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What makes an energy pyramid different than a food web or chain?

It shows energy flowing from the top of the chain and downward. 
The tropic levels are the opposite
It shows the amount of energy in each trophic level
It shows specific predator/prey relationships

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Why are producers found at the base of the pyramid?

They capture all of the energy and therefore have the most energy of all of the trophic levels

There are more plants than animals.

They begin the flow of energy in an ecosystem.

All of these answers are correct.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is the sun's role in the energy pyramid?

to produce chemical energy for the ecosystem.
to provide radiant energy for producers to convert to chemical energy. 
to start the energy flow of the ecosystem. 
to provide mechanical energy for producers to convert to chemical energy. 

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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