Flow of Energy Quiz (Food Chains/Webs and Energy Pyramids)

Organisms that can make their own food from sunlight are called:

• decomposers

• producers

• consumers

• scavengers

Grass is eaten by a prairie dog. The prairie dog is eaten by a coyote. This is an example of:

• an abiotic element.

• an omnivore.

• an herbivore.

• a food chain.

One food web arrow goes from a prairie dog to a coyote, showing that:

• the coyote is bigger.

• the coyote eats the prairie dog

• the prairie dog eat the coyote

• the prairie dog is a producer

In this food web, what organism is a producer?

• blue whale

• fish

• krill

• phytoplankton

What animal in this food web is a primary consumer?

• Squid

• Fish

• Crab

• Killer Whale

An organism that eats ONLY animals.

• Herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

An organism that eats BOTH plants and animals.

• Hebivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

Which level of the energy pyramid has PRIMARY consumers?

• Level 1 (green tree)

• Level 2 (purple bug)

• Level 3 (blue)

• Level 4 (human)

Organisms that need to eat other organisms for energy are called:

• producers

• consumers

• decomposers

• energy pyramid

Which organism in this food chain is considered the secondary consumer?

• plant

• insect

• mouse

• owl