Ecology and Energy Transfer Quiz

An ecosystem is...

• incredibly small, such as a leaf from a tree

• a place an organism lives within an ecosystem

• a community of living organisms and their nonliving environment

• the entirety of planet Earth

The place where an organism lives within an ecosystem.

• group

• colony

• neighborhood

• habitat

Position or role a species has in an ecosystem.

• niche

• job

• task

• hierarchy

An autotroph that uses energy to make food.

• producer

• decomposer

• consumer

• scavenger

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An organism that gets energy and nutrients by breaking down the remains of other organisms.

• carnivore

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

An organism that eats other organisms.

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

• autotroph

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What are the four different types of consumers?

• producer, consumer, decomposer, scavenger

• autotroph, decomposer, producer, scavenger

• herbivore, carnivore, omnivore, scavenger

• omnivore, autotroph, producer, decomposer

How is energy transferred among organisms?

• the stored energy is transferred when the organism gets eaten or decomposed

• the energy is passed on from organism to organism via photosynthesis

• the organisms are autotrophs so they have no need to transfer energy among organisms

• the energy is transferred in waves after an organism dies

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Path of energy transfer from producers to consumers.

• food chain

• food link

• food circle

• food ties

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What happens when a predator on top of the food chain dies?

• Their remains will rot and the energy will be lost

• The energy will remain unused forever

• Their body will be broken down by decomposers, continuing the transfer of energy

• The transfer of energy will stop there and the cycle will be broken

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