Energy Flow Through Living Systems

Bacteria and fungi typically serve what role in an ecosystem?

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore
• decomposer

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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

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An animal that is hunted and eaten for food is a __________.

• predator
• prey
• population

What is a carnivore?

• an animal that gets energy by eating other animals
• An animal that gets energy by eating only plants
• an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals
• an animal that makes its own energy through photosynthesis

An animal that gets energy from eating both plants and animals is a(an) _____________.

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore
• autotroph

A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________.

• ecosystem
• food web
• environment
• population

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True or False. In this Food Web Pyramid the consumers on each level only get about 10 percent of energy that the plants have stored.

• True
• False

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Which one is NOT an example of a decomposer?

• mushroom

• leaves

• mold

• worm

Grass is considered a ...

• consumer
• producer
• decomposer
• composers

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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