Food webs and energy flows

The path of food energy in an ecosystem from plants to animals.

• omnivore

• food chain

• producer

• consumer

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What is the term for food chains that overlap

• consumer

• food web

• extinction

• producers

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What type of organism is at the beginning of every food chain?

• predator

• carnivore

• producer

• herbivore

This diagram shows how energy flows through an eco-system. What is the first source of energy in this pyramid?

• sharks and large birds

• algae, plankton and seagrass

• herbivorous fish, crustaceans and sea urchins

• seals and carnivorous fish

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An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms is a ______________.

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer
• prey

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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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Which of the following is NOT a consumer?

• grass
• dog
• shark
• fish

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The shrew provides energy for the _______.

• cricket
• grasshopper
• frog
• snake

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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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In this energy pyramid, which organism would most likely be in level 2?

• bird

• fox

• caterpillar

• tree

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