Unit 9 Lesson 1

if birds eat insects that feed on corns, discuss which pyramid level would birds occupy.

• A

• B

• C

• D

In the food chain pictured, what type of organism is the bird?

• producer

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

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

• 100%

• 10%

• 50%

• 75%

A fungi absorbs nutrients from dead and decaying organisms. It is ......

• A heterotroph

• An autotroph

• A chemotroph

• none of these

All energy on Earth comes from

• food.

• the sun.

• chemicals.

• non-living things.

An autotroph can also be called a

• animal.

• consumer.

• heterotroph.

• producer.

Which of the following heterotrophs are help keep the ecosystem alive by recycling nutrients between dead and living organisms?

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

• Decomposers/ Detritvores

• Herbivores

A difference between photosynthesis and chemosynthesis

• Photosynthesis doesn't use light and chemosynthesis does

• Photosynthesis makes sugar and chemosynthesis doesn't

• Photosynthesis uses light and chemosynthesis doesn't

• Photosynthesis doesn't make sugar and chemosynthesis does

What process occurs when light energy is captured by chlorophyll in autotrophs and converted into sugar?

• Photosynthesis

• Cellular Respiration

Animal that gets its energy and nutrition from eating meat.

• Detritivore

• Ominvore

• Carnivore

• Herbivore