Energy Flow in Ecology

An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

• autotroph
• producer
• heterotroph
• mutualist

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An organism that lives by breaking apart dead organic matter into simpler parts is...

• scavenger
• consumer
• decomposer
• carnivore

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In this image, the grass is the ______________.

• Primary Consumer
• Secondary Consumer
• Heterotroph
• Producer

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The primary consumer in this food chain is the ____________.

• Frog
• Eagle
• Grasshopper
• Python

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Which of the animals in this food web is a secondary consumer?

• Hawk
• Lizard
• Mouse
• Snake

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The largest part of an ecosystem is always the ________________.

• Primary Consumers
• Primary Producers
• Quarternary Consumers
• Secondary Consumers

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Organisms who are members of the same species in an ecosystem.

• Organism

• Population

• Organ

• Community

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Group of populations in an area.

• Organism

• Ecosystem

• Community

• Biosphere

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A biological community that includes various species and their physical environment (Biotic and Abiotic Factors).

• Organism

• Community

• Biosphere

• Ecosystem

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Abby is walking to school with her best friend Jaylyn. They begin talking about everything they see including the ash trees, grass, weeds, ants, and people. They also notice how cold it is, how there are several large puffy clouds out, and how the sun is just starting to come up.  What level of organization are they discussing?

• community
• ecosystem
• biome
• biosphere