food chains food webs ecosystems

Click on the imgae to make it larger-- Choose the herbivores in the food web....

• hawk

• mouse

• rabbit

• snake

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What happens to the parts of food molecules as matter moves through an organism?

Answer explanation

Think about why we eat in the first place, to fuel the body and give it energy. Food molecules are converted into useable energy.

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How does energy flow in ecosystems (select all three answers that apply)?

• Comes in as SUNLIGHT

• Leaves as HEAT

• Passed along FOOD CHAINS from CONSUMER to PRODUCER

• Passed along FOOD CHAINS from PRODUCER to CONSUMER

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A food web diagram is provided.

(See attached diagram)

Which of the following organisms depend only on producers for energy?

• Diatoms

• Shrimp

• Amphipods

• Squid

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In the food chain the arrows do NOT show THE FLOW OF ENERGY.

• false

• true

What model indicates the flow of energy between organisms in an ecosystem?

• Environments

• Interactions

• Ecosystems

• Food Webs

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A simple diagram with arrows showing a single pathway of energy flow from grass, to a rabbit, to a fox is

• an energy pyramid.

• a food web.

• a food chain.

• a population chart.

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Food webs are more accurate because they show how energy moves throughout an entire

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Energy

• Ecosystem

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Which is an autotroph?

• producer

• consumer

• scavenger

• decomposer

Which of the following statements best describes a food web?

• Many individual organisms of the same species that live in the same space and that share resources.

• A system that is made up of a community of organisms and their environment.

• A black bear eats fruit and then spreads the fruit seeds through its excretions.

• All life is connected by the transfer of energy among organisms and their environment

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