Energy Flow in Ecosystems

In most ecosystems, what kinds of organisms are producers?

• meat eating animals

• plants

• herbivores

• consumers

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What is any organism that eats another organism called?

• carnivore

• producer

• consumer

A beetle is an example of a

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• predator

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Prairie grass is considered a

• primary consumer

• decomposer

• producer

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For each level of the energy pyramid, energy is

• increased

• transferred

• wasted

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A snake would be considered a secondary consumer because

• it eats meat

• it has no enemies

• it eats plants

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Tertiary consumer is another name for

• biomes

• energy pyramids

• apex predators

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Energy transfer begins with

• producers

• the sun

• the decomposers

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Omnivores are animals that

• eat meat and plants

• eat only meat

• eat only plants

A mushroom is type of

• decomposer

• primary consumer

• scavenger