Quiz about Energy Flow

Question 1

Organisms that make their own food

Accepted Answer

Producer

Answer

Consumer

Answer

Decomposer

Question 2

Organisms that obtain energy by feeding on other organisms

Accepted Answer

Consumer

Answer

Producer

Answer

Decomposer

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

Decomposer

Answer

Producer

Answer

Consumer

Question 4

Consumers that eat only plants

Accepted Answer

Herbivores

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Carnivores

Answer

Omnivores

Answer

Scavengers

Question 5

Consumers that eat only animals

Accepted Answer

Carnivores

Answer

Omnivores

Answer

Herbivores

Answer

Scavengers

Question 6

Consumers that eat both plants and animals

Accepted Answer

Omnivores

Answer

Carnivores

Answer

Herbivores

Answer

Scavengers

Question 7

Consumers that feed on the bodies of dead organisms

Accepted Answer

Scavengers

Answer

Carnivores

Answer

Omnivores

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Herbivores

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

chain

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web

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pyramid

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plate

Question 9

A food _______ consists of many overlapping food ________.

Accepted Answer

web, chains

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chain, webs

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pyramid, webs

Answer

web, pyramids

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

It decreases

Answer

It increases

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It stays the same

Answer

Nothing

Question 11

In the food web above, what eats the rabbit?

Accepted Answer

Fox

Answer

Hawk

Answer

Vole

Answer

Grass

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

Producers

Answer

First-Level Consumers

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Second-Level Consumers

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Third-Level Consumers

Question 13

The efficiency of energy transfer from a lower trophic level to the next highest level is roughly

Accepted Answer

10%

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1%

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100%

Answer

1000%

Question 14

Which animal is the apex predator?

Accepted Answer

hawk

Answer

lizard

Answer

snake

Answer

grass

Question 15

Why is a shark a carnivore.

Accepted Answer

because it eats other animals

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because it eats seaweed

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because it eats dead animals

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because it eats sand

Question 16

In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in each level gets lost as heat or used by the organism for survival?

Accepted Answer

90%

Answer

80%

Answer

10%

Answer

20%

Question 17

The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?

Accepted Answer

They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms.

Answer

They point to the organism that is being eaten.

Answer

It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.

Answer

They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

Question 18

Organisms that create their own energy from sunlight or chemicals

Accepted Answer

Autotroph

Answer

Herbivore

Answer

Omnivore

Answer

Heterotroph

Question 19

Which of the following would provide the most energy in an ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

Producers

Answer

Herbivore

Answer

Omnivore

Answer

Carnivore

Question 20

What is an example of a decomposer?

Accepted Answer

Mushroom

Answer

Plum

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Deer

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Bird

Question 21

Which of the following types of organisms would benefit most directly from the products of decomposer organisms?

Accepted Answer

Producers

Answer

Decomposers

Answer

Primary consumers

Answer

Secondary consumers

Question 22

What does a Primary Consumer eat?

Accepted Answer

Producers

Answer

Tertiary Consumers

Answer

Secondary Consumers

Question 23

An organism that lives by breaking apart dead organic matter into simpler parts is...

Accepted Answer

decomposer

Answer

scavenger

Answer

consumer

Answer

carnivore

Question 24

A third-level consumer has to be which type?

Accepted Answer

Carnivore.

Answer

Decomposer.

Answer

Producer.

Answer

Herbivore.

Question 25

Which of the following is a herbivore?

Accepted Answer

cricket

Answer

frog

Answer

hawk

Answer

shrew

Energy Flow

25 questions

Organisms that make their own food

Organisms that obtain energy by feeding on other organisms

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

Consumers that eat only plants

Consumers that eat only animals

Consumers that eat both plants and animals

Consumers that feed on the bodies of dead organisms

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

A food _ consists of many overlapping food __.

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

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