food webs

What do the arrows in the food chain indicate about the flow of energy in an ecosystem?

• Energy is continuously recycled by the organisms in an ecosystem.

• Energy flows in one direction in an ecosystem, from producers to consumers.

• More of the available energy in an ecosystem is given to large animals than to small animals.

• Organisms at the end of the food chain receive more energy than those at the beginning.

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A habitat is home to a tangle of food chains called ___

• a nutrient hub
• an energy chain
• a food web
• the carbon cycle

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Which of the following organisms is a herbivore.

• butterfly
• snake
• fox
• ladybird

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The owl receives energy from which organisms?

• grasshopper and mouse
• mouse and rabbit
• rabbit and butterfly
• butterfly and frog

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Example of a consumer

• worm
• bacteria
• mushroom
• hawk

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Example of a decomposer

• fungus
• mouse
• plants
• frogs

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A tree is a ....

• composer
• decomposer
• producer

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Humans are considered...

• consumers
• decomposers
• producers

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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The relationship between ALL the organisms in a community showing who eats whom is called a ___________________________.

• Food Web
• Food Chain
• Abiotic Factors
• Biotic Factors