Ecology

Look carefully at the image. If energy is lost as it moves up the food chain, what trophic level has the most amount of energy?

• 1st level - producers

• 2nd level - primary consumers

• 3rd level - secondary consumers

• 4th level - tertiary consumers

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The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?

• They point to the organism that is being eaten.
• It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.
• They show what direction the energy is moving between organisms. 

• They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

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Producers get energy from ​ (a)  

primary consumers eat ​ (b)  

secondary consumers eat ​ (c)  

tertiary consumers eat ​ (d)   ​

organisms that no one else eats are ​ (e)  

• the sun
• producers
• primary consumers
• secondary consumers
• top predators

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What is this called?

• Food Web
• Food Chain
• Abiotic Factors

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What is the source of energy for all living things?

• water

• air (oxygen)

• the sun

• electricity

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Correctly label each trophic level

a

b

c

d

e

tertiary consumers

apex predator

secondary consumers

producers

primary consumers

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Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Producer

,

(b) Consumer

,

(c) Decomposer

• Goat
• Earthworm
• Human
• Wheat plant
• Apple tree
• Rabbit
• Mushroom
• Sunflower
• Bacteria

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A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another is termed a(n) _________.

• energy pyramid

• adaptation

• autotroph

• food web

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

• food web

• food chain

• prey

• predator

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An organism that can produce its own food through photosynthesis is a(n) ______________.

• consumer

• heterotroph

• autotroph

• herbivore

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