Trophic Levels

In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in each level gets lost as heat or used by the organism for survival?

• 80%
• 90%
• 10%
• 20%

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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 organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste is a(an) ___________.

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer
• autotroph

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Organisms that create their own energy from sunlight or chemicals

• Herbivore
• Omnivore
• Autotroph
• Heterotroph 

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Get their energy from primary consumers

• Tertiary Consumers

• Secondary Consumers

• Quaternary Consumers

• Top Predators

An organism that obtains energy by consuming plants and animals.

• Omnivores
• Carnivores
• Herbivores
• Humans 

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An organism that uses an outside source of energy like the sun to create energy-rich food molecules.

• Consumer
• Producer
• Decomposer
• Parasite 

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The process of plants using energy from the sun to create the first trophic level is called?

• Photosynthesis
• Chemosynthesis
• Cellular Respiratation
• Primary Producers

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All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.

• community
• habitat
• population
• ecosystem

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An organism that cannot make its own food

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Producer

• Plant