Energy pyramids/food webs2

The path of food energy in an ecosystem from plants to animals.

• omnivore

• food chain

• producer

• consumer

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An animal that eats only other animals

• producer

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

An animal that eats both plants and animals

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

• producer

Where do green plants get most of the energy they need to make their own food?

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

• sunlight

• water

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What is the term for food chains that overlap

• consumer

• food web

• extinction

• producers

What does a food chain show?

• how producers use sunlight to make food energy

• how living things depend on each other for food

• where resources are found in a habitat

• why plant and animal matter break down

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What role do plants play in a habitat?

• They produce food energy from sunlight.

• They break down dead matter.

• They are prey for predators.

• They recycle nutrients from dead matter.

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Several owls live in a forest. The owls prey on mice. Hawks also prey on mice. Which might happen if several hawks move to the forest where the owls live?

• The number of owls will increase, and the number of hawks will decrease.

• The number of mice will increase, and the number of owls will decrease.

• The number of owls and hawks will increase.

• The number of owls and mice will decrease.

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A diagram of a food web is shown below.Which organism receives the least amount of energy from the producers?

• Hawk
• Rabbit
• Grasshopper
• Mouse

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True or False. In this energy pyramid, the consumers on each level only get about 10 percent of energy that the trophic level before it has stored.

• True
• False

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