Flow of Matter and Energy - 2.1.1

What is an example of a decomposer?

• Plum
• Mushroom
• Deer
• Bird

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Which of the following types of organisms would benefit most directly from the products of decomposer organisms?

• Decomposers
• Primary consumers
• Secondary consumers
• Producers

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Which organism is likely to be at the beginning of a food chain for a pond?

• Sunfish
• Freshwater shrimp
• Paramecium
• Green Algae

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Autotrophs are organisms that produce their own food. Which do scientist classify as autotrophs?

• Chordates
• Fungi
• Plants
• Molds

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What is the first source of energy for all food webs?

• Plants
• Sunlight
• Mineral in the soil
• Decomposers

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Which ocean organism is considered a producer?

• Phytoplankton
• Zooplankton
• Small fish
• Whales

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Producers obtain their energy by

• the process of hunting for prey

• the process of eating plants

• the process of photosynthesis to make their own food from sunlight

• the process of breaking down once living things

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Which group of organisms is missing from the food web above?

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Decomposer

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How much energy will be available for the flounder if the plankton at the bottom of this pyramid is able to produce 10,000 kcal of energy from the photosynthesis?

• 1000

• 100

• 10

• 1

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Observe the food chain below. What would be the result of disease killing off most of the mouse population?

• All populations would be relatively unaffected

• The grasshoppers would become extinct

• The grasshopper population would decrease; the owl population would increase

• The grasshopper population would increase and the owl population would decrease

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