Ecology Vocab

All living things get their energy from which of the following sources?

• food
• water
• sun

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Which of the following is an organism that eats only meat?

• herbivore
• carnivore
• omnivore

Examples of a producer

• frog
• algae
• worm
• mouse

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Which one is NOT an example of a decomposer?

• mushroom
• leaves
• mold
• worm

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What is a producer?

• an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms

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

• Producers
• Carnivores
• Herbivores
• Top Predator

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If there is 1000 Kcal available in the producers in trophic level 1, how much energy is available in the herbivores in trophic level 2?

• 10 Kcal
• 1 Kcal
• 100 Kcal
• 1000 Kcal

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

• coyote
• insect
• lizard
• shrub

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

• Primary Consumers
• Producers
• Decomposers
• Tertiary Consumers

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a system of food chains that shows the transfer of energy is termed

• food web

• food chain

• prey

• predator

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