Ecology Quiz - Sci 8

Which one is NOT an example of a decomposer?

• mushroom
• leaves
• mold
• worm

Examples of a producer

• frog
• algae
• 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 below, which organism has the least amount of energy available?

• Producers
• Herbivores
• Carnivores
• Top Predator

A third-level consumer has to be which type?

• Carnivore.
• Decomposer.
• Producer.
• Herbivore.

A secondary consumer 

• eats primary consumers
• eats producers
• eats plants

Which is the smallest level of an ecosystem?

• organsism
• population
• community
• ecosystem

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

• food web
• food chain
• prey
• predator

Photosynthesis is important because...

• it makes carbon dioxide

• it makes food for the food webs

• it makes water

• it's not important

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.