Ecosystem Energy

The hawk receives energy from which organisms?

• Dear and Rabbit

• Shrew and Rabbit

• rabbit and Berries

• Shrew and Dear

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Which organism is an apex predator in this food web?

• bear

• shrew

• rabbit

• deer

What type of consumer is the shrew?

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

• detritivore

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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What does a food web represent?

• All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
• The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
• A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
• How carnivores get their food. 

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An organism that uses sunlight to create its own food is known as a:

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Consumer

• Decomposer

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What is an organism that breaks down & absorbs dead matter so nutrition can be recycled into the soil?

• Consumer
• Decomposer
• Producers
• Scavenger

When an organism's energy source comes from both animals and plants, that organism is considered to be a what?

• predator
• omnivore
• herbivore
• carnivore

Which of the following is most likely to occupy the second trophic level of a food chain?

• carnivore

• herbivore

• detritivore

• scavenger

Which of the following is a predator of the shrew?

• cricket
• grasshopper
• frog
• snake

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