Energy Pyramids

What classification of organism uses the process of photosynthesis?

• Producers

• Primary Consumers

• Decomposers

• Tertiary Consumers

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In this food web, the circled organism is a ____.

• Secondary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer

• Neither a Secondary Consumer or a Tertiary Consumer

• Both a Secondary Consumer and a Tertiary Consumer

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If the producers get 1000 kW of energy from the sun, then how much energy do the tertiary consumers get?

• 1 kW

• 10 kW

• 2 kW

• 100 kW

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Why is only about 10% of the energy passed up trophic levels?

• Because 90% of the energy is used in life process and transformed into heat.

• It is not; 100% of the energy is passed up the trophic levels.

• Because water absorbs 90% of the energy.

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Which is NOT an example of a primary consumer?

• An elephant

• A wolf

• A grasshopper

• A deer

What type of diet do many secondary consumers have?

• An herbivorous one.

• A carnivorous one.

• A detritivorous one.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which one is NOT an example of a tertiary consumer?

• Sharks

• Polar Bears

• Gorillas

• Hawks

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In trophic levels, which direction does the energy flow?

• Producer, Primary Consumer, Secondary Consumer, and Tertiary Consumer

• Producer, Secondary Consumer, Primary Consumer, and Tertiary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer, Secondary Consumer, Primary Consumer, and Producer

• Primary Consumer, Tertiary Consumer, Producer, and Secondary Consumer.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

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As energy travels up the energy pyramid, what happens to the amount available energy?

• It increases.

• It stays the same.

• It balances out.

• It decreases.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which organisms are primary consumers?

• Deer Mouse & Black-tailed Jackrabbit

• Ragweed & Grama Grass

• The Sun

• Coyote & Red-tailed Hawk

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