Photosynthesis & Energy Flow Through Organisms Review

Which organisms have the most available energy in an energy pyramid?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Detritivores

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Which would be the appropriate term for an organism that eats a producer?

• scavenger
• decomposer
• secondary consumer
• primary consumer

All of the following are consumers except

• Autotrophs
• Herbivores
• Heterotrophs
• Ominvores

The owl and weasel compete for which organism?

• Hawk
• Spider
• Grasshopper
• Shrew

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The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?

• They point to the organism that is being eaten.
• It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.
• They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. 
• They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

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What is a food chain?

• A chain that shows how heat passes from organism to organism.
• A way of showing how matter and energy pass from one organism to another.
• A representation of all the predator-prey relationships in a community.

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What's a food web?

• A representation of all the feeding relationships within a community.
• A way of showing how matter and energy pass from one organism to another.
• A food chain provides a more complete model of feeding relationships within a community.

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What does an energy pyramid represent?

• Food pyramids show the different food chains in a community.
• Energy pyramids show the same total matter at all levels.
• Shows the amount of energy available at each feeding level in an ecosystem.

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What is an example of a decomposer?

• Plum
• Mushroom
• Deer
• Bird

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Oxygen is released into the air by

• The sun
• Animals
• Volcanoes
• Plants

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