Food Web & Ecological Pyramids

Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming from them in a food web?

• More than one organism may eat them. 
• They may eat more than one other organism. 
• This organism gets its energy from multiple sources. 
• They have no resources available to them.

A diagram that shows the transfer of energy in one line is a...

• food web
• food chain
• food line
• food court

An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste is a(an) ___________.

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer
• autotroph

What is a herbivore?

• an animal that gets energy from eating other animals
• an organism that gets energy from eating only plants
• an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals
• an animal that eats only herbs

An animal that is hunted and eaten for food is a __________.

• predator
• prey
• population

An animal that eats both plants and animals.

• Producer
• Consumer
• Carnivore
• Omnivore

An organism in a food web that feeds directly on the producer.

• Primary Consumer
• Secondary Consumer
• Decomposer
• Carnivore

A biological community made up of living and non-living things.

• Food Chain
• Food Web
• Ecosystem
• Home

The diagram represents a pyramid of energy in an ecosystem.  Which level would most likely contain organisms that do photosynthesis?

• A
• B
• C
• D

All energy on Earth ultimately comes from what source?

• Water
• Sun
• Consumers
• Oxygen