Food chain/Food Web

An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

• Autotroph
• Producer
• Consumer
• Mutualist

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An organism that uses sunlight to create its own food is known as a:

• Producer/Autotroph

• Heterotroph

• Consumer

• Decomposer

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What does a food chain represent?

• How all living organisms within a habitat are connected.
• All of the things that a particular animal eats.
• How plants create their own food.
• A single path of energy transfer within a habitat.

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The arrows in a food chain or web represent _________.

• the organism that is being eaten.

• how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.

• the direction that energy is flowing between organisms. 

• how water is transferred within a habitat.

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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. 

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What is a trophic level?

• Each level of nourishment represented within a food chain or web.

• Levels of ecosystems that the world is divided into.

• Different levels of nutrients present within an organism.

• The levels of sunlight an autotroph needs to survive. 

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An energy pyramid represents what?

• How much sunlight is available for the ecosystem to use. 

• How much energy a particular organism needs. 

• How much energy is needed to build a pyramid. 

• The amount of energy available at each trophic level

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How much energy is passed on to the next trophic level in an ecosystem?

• 100%

• 10%

• 50%

• 75%

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What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?

• The insects in the habitat would increase.

• The shrew population would decrease due to the shrew now being the only food source for the hawk.

• The willow tree population would decrease.

• The fox would become extinct due to a lack of a food source. 

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The rabbit in this food web would be considered a:

• Decomposer
• Producer
• Secondary Consumer
• Primary Consumer

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