Energy Flow in Ecosystems Quick Check

Organisms that make their own food

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms that obtain energy by feeding on other organisms

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Organisms that break down wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the environment

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

A food _______ is a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.

• chain

• web

• pyramid

• plate

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A food _______ consists of many overlapping food ________.

• web, chains

• chain, webs

• pyramid, webs

• web, pyramids

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

As you work your way up the energy pyramid, what happens to the energy?

• It increases

• It decreases

• It stays the same

• Nothing

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In the food web above, what eats the rabbit?

• Fox

• Hawk

• Vole

• Grass

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

In the energy pyramid, what is the bottom level composed of?

• Producers

• First-Level Consumers

• Second-Level Consumers

• Third-Level Consumers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In the energy pyramid, what comes after the producers?

• Producers

• primary consumers

• secondary consumers

• tertiary consumers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

How much energy is available to be passed on to the next level in a food web?

• 100%

• 10%

• 50%

• 75%

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3