Food Webs

What is a producer?

• an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms
• an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food
• an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste
• an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food

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A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________

• ecosystem
• food web
• environment
• population

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An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer
• autotroph

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Which of the following is NOT a consumer

• grass
• dog
• shark
• fish

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Where do all life forms get their energy?

• Earth's Core
• Water
• Plants
• The Sun

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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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An energy pyramid represents what?

• How much sunlight is available for the ecosystem to use. 
• How much energy a particular organism needs. 
• How much energy is needed to build a pyramid. 
• The amount of energy available to the next 'feeder' in a food web.

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Humans are considered...

• consumers
• decomposers
• producers

A tree is a ....

• composer
• decomposer
• producer

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Example of a consumer

• worm
• bacteria
• mushroom
• hawk

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