Food Webs and Energy Pyramids

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

• omnivore

• food chain

• producer

• consumer

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An animal that eats only other animals

• producer

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

An animal that eats both plants and animals

• carnivore

• omnivore

• herbivore

• producer

An animal that eats only plants

• omnivore

• carnivore

• herbivore

• fox

Where do green plants get most of the energy they need to make their own food?

• carbon dioxide

• oxygen

• sunlight

• water

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

• predator

• carnivore

• producer

• herbivore

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What role do plants play in a habitat?

• They produce food energy from sunlight.

• They break down dead matter.

• They are prey for predators.

• They recycle nutrients from dead matter.

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What kind of living thing can make its own food?

• producer

• consumer

• predator

• herbivore

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Several owls live in a forest. The owls prey on mice. Hawks also prey on mice. Which might happen if several hawks move to the forest where the owls live?

• The number of owls will increase, and the number of hawks will decrease.

• The number of mice will increase, and the number of owls will decrease.

• The number of owls and hawks will increase.

• The number of owls and mice will decrease.

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In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the most energy available?

• Producers
• Carnivores
• Herbivores
• Top Predator

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