Energy Flow- Unit 3

Energy is stored in what form during photosynthesis?

• Carbon Dioxided

• Oxygen

• Glucose

• Water

Why is a shark a carnivore.

• because it eats seaweed
• because it eats dead animals
• because it eats sand 
• because it eats other animals

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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Which of the following would provide the most energy in an ecosystem?

• Producers
• Herbivore
• Omnivore
• Carnivore

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A wolf eats a rabbit, that just ate some berries.  What would you call the rabbit?

• Producer
• Omnivore
• Primary Consumer
• 2nd order Heterotrph

What do herbivores eat?

• plants

• animals

• both

• they don't eat, they get energy from the sun

The efficiency of energy transfer from a lower trophic level to the next highest level is roughly

• 1%
• 10%
• 100%
• 1000%

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following would be the definition of a scavenger/detritivore?

• Animals that eat insects.

• Organisms that feed on rocks, recycling the nutrients back into the ground.

• Organisms that eat only plants

• Things that feed on dead, rotting organisms (roadkill)

Which of the following would provide the most energy in an ecosystem?

• Producers
• Herbivore
• Omnivore
• Carnivore