Energy Flow Exam Review

The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?

• They point to the organism that is being eaten.

• It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.

• They show the direction the energy is flowing between organisms.

• They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

What does a food web represent?

• All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
• The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
• A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
• How carnivores get their food. 

A wolf eats a rabbit, that just ate some berries.  What would you call the rabbit?

• Producer
• Omnivore
• Primary Consumer
• 2nd order Heterotrph

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

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer
• autotroph

Eat primary consumers (can be carnivores and omnivores)

• Tertiary Consumers
• Secondary Consumers
• Quaternary Consumers 
• Top Predators 

Which process do plants use to turn sunlight into food energy?

• photosynthesis

• cellular respiration

• transpiration

• evaporation

Which kind of organism is an autotroph?

• consumer

• producer

• decomposer

• herbivore

Which organisms are heterotrophs?

• photosynthesizers

• producers

• consumers

• plants

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

• 80%
• 90%
• 10%
• 20%

What is the function of ATP in living things?

• provides energy for cells
• stores genetic information
• provides structure in the nucleus