Ecology Review

Examples of a producer

• frog

• plant

• worm

• mouse

What is a producer?

• an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms
• an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food
• an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste
• an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food

In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the most energy available?

• Producers
• Carnivores
• Herbivores
• Top Predator

In the energy pyramid below, which organism has the least amount of energy available?

• Producers
• Herbivores
• Carnivores
• Top Predator

If these organisms were arranged in a food pyramid, which organism would have the least amount of total energy available?

• coyote
• insect
• lizard
• shrub

Which organism recieves the least amount of energy from the producer?

• Owl
• Grasshopper
• Lilypad
• Mouse

The largest group of organisms found in a food web would be:

• Primary Consumers
• Producers
• Decomposers
• Tertiary Consumers

A secondary consumer 

• eats primary consumers
• eats producers
• eats plants

Level 1 is called the _____________ trophic level. 

• Tertiary consumer
• Tertiary producer
• Primary consumer
• Primary producer

What percentage of energy is passed on to each trophic level as you go up the pyramid?

• 100%

• 1000%

• 10%

• 1%