Ecosystem: Energy Flow, Flow of Matter, and Inter Relationships

A __________________ is a type of animal that hunts other animals to eat. 

• prey
• herbivore
• predator
• producer

A consumer gets energy by doing what?

• Making it themselves.
• Breaking down biotic wastes and dead organisms and returning raw materials to the ecosystem.
• Soaking it up from the ground.
• Feeding on other organisms.

A food chain is?

• Overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
• The amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.
• A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.
• biotic and abiotic factors in an area.

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The energy role that break down biotic wastes and dead organisms is?

• Consumer
• Producer
• Scavenger
• Decomposer

Which one is NOT an example of a decomposer?

• mushroom
• leaves
• mold
• worm

Grass is considered a ...

• consumer
• producer
• decomposer
• composers

An organism that uses sunlight to create its own food is known as a:

• Producer
• Heterotroph
• Consumer
• Decomposer

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What is the primary source of energy for the ecosystem pictured above?

• Grass and Green plants

• Hawks and Deer

• Tadpoles and Fish

• Sun

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In this food web, which of the following organisms eats the largest variety of different producers?

• Mouse

• Grasshopper

• Dragonfly

• Butterfly

An energy pyramid represents what?

• How much sunlight is available for the ecosystem to use. 
• How much energy a particular organism needs. 
• How much energy is needed to build a pyramid. 
• The amount of energy available to the next 'feeder' in a food web.

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