Test Flow of Energy

1 Which of the following correctly shows how energy flows through a food chain?

• A) Sun --> carnivores --> producers --> herbivores

• B) Sun --> producers --> herbiovres --> carnivores

• C) Sun --> herbivores --> carniviores --> herbivores

• D) Sun --> producers --> carnivores --> herbivores

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2) Which organism in this food chain is a producer?

• A) Plant

• B) Beetle

• C) Catfish

• D) Hawk

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

3) Which organism in this food chain gets its energy, indirectly, from prairie grass?

• A) Squirrel

• B) Mountain Lion

• C) Robin

• D) Eagle

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

4) What is the role of a consumer in the flow of energy through a food chain?

• A) Obtaining necessary nutrients from the soil

• B) Transforming the Sun's energy to make food

• C) Gaining energy by eating other living things.

• D) Decomposing the remains of living things.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

5) Which of the organisms listed in the food web gets its energy by eating primary consumers?

• A) Grassess

• B) Rabbits

• C) Deer

• D) Mountain Lion

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

6) Which of the following characteristics is shared by both primary and secondary consumers?

• A) Uses the Sun's radiant energy to produce food.

• B) The first step in any food chain diagram

• C) Eats only plants to gain needed energy

• D) Gains energy by eating other living things.

7) Which of the following organisms depends directly on primary consumers for its energy?

• A) Grasshopper

• B) Acacia

• C) Impala

• D) Monkey

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8) In a food web, primary consumers get their energy by __

• A) engaging in photosynthesis

• B) breaking down dead organisms

• C) eating other primary consumers

• D) eating organisms known producers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

9) Which organism in the food chain is a primary consumer?

• A) Beetle

• B) Plant

• C) Catfish

• D) Hawk

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

10) Which of the following could possibly increase the total amount of energy the catfish population receives within its food chain?

• A) An increase in the number of beetles

• B) An increase in the number of hawks

• C) A decrease in the number of plants

• D) A decrease in the number of hawks

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