Energy Transfer Inefficiency Review Game

If these organisms were arranged in a food pyramid, which organism would have the least amount of total energy available?

• coyote
• insect
• lizard
• shrub

The diagram represents a pyramid of energy in an ecosystem.  Which level would most likely contain members of the plant kingdom?

• A
• B
• C
• D

The largest group of organisms found in a food web would be:

• Primary Consumers
• Producers
• Decomposers
• Tertiary Consumers

What would happen if their were no producers?

• Every population would grow larger

• Everything would die out

• The animals would make their own food

In an energy pyramid, energy_______ as you move up the pyramid.

• Increases
• Decreases
• Stays the same
• Changes up and down

Which organism recieves the least amount of energy from the producer?

• Owl
• Grasshopper
• Lilypad
• Mouse

A MUSHROOM is a

• Herbivore
• Carnivore
• Omnivore
• Decomposer

Which one is TRUE?

• The top level of the energy pyramid usually has the largest number of organisms.

• The top level of the energy pyramid usually has the smallest number of organisms.

• The top level of the energy pyramid contains plants.

Why is the producer level of an energy pyramid bigger than the top levels?

• The producer level has larger animals.

• The producer has less organisms.

• The producer level has the most energy available.