The Flow of Energy in Ecosystems Practice

Organisms that make their own food

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

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Organisms that obtain energy by feeding on other organisms

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

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Organisms that break down wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the environment

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

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A food _______ is a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.

• chain

• web

• pyramid

• plate

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As you work your way up the energy pyramid, what happens to the energy?

• It increases

• It decreases

• It stays the same

• Nothing

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In the food web above, what eats the rabbit?

• Fox

• Hawk

• Vole

• Grass

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In the energy pyramid, what is the bottom level composed of?

• Producers

• First-Level Consumers

• Second-Level Consumers

• Third-Level Consumers

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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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Organisms such as bacteria and fungi that break down the remains of dead plants and animals without need for internal digestion

• Decomposers

• Consumer

• Predator

• Producer

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Overlapping food chains with different pathways for the flow of food energy in an ecosystem

• Food Web

• Ecosystem

• Deciduous Forest

• Energy Transfer

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