Energy Flow in an Ecosystem Quizizz

What is the ultimate source of energy for most ecosystems?

• a) Water
  

• b) Plants
  

• c) The sun
  

• d) Producers

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How is energy transferred between organisms in an ecosystem?

Answer explanation

Energy is stored in chemical bonds and are therefore released when these bonds are broken.

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How is energy primarily transferred through an ecosystem?

• Through food chains and food webs

• Through the air

• By the movement of organisms

• By decomposers

Answer explanation

Energy transfer is primarily shown in the linear food chains and the network of food webs. Which utilmately shows how organism interact in their ecosystems.

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What are producers, and why are they important in an ecosystem?

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What is the main process by which producers create energy?

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Decomposition
  

• Combustion

Answer explanation

Photosynthesis is the process by which producers like plants make their own food in the form of chemical energy .

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Explain the 10% Rule in energy transfer. Give an example to support your answer .

Answer explanation

It simply an illustration of how much actual energy is transferred up the energy pyramid and how much energy is lost.

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If a plant contains 1000 Joules of energy, how much energy will be transferred to a primary consumer (e.g., a grasshopper)?

• a) 1000 Joules
  

• b) 100 Joules
  

• c) 10 Joules
  

• d) 1 Joule

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Match the following

• Producers

• Receives the LEAST energy from the producers

• rabbits that eat grass

• Receives the MOST energy from the producers

• hawk that eats the snakes

• Has the most energy

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What does the First Law of Thermodynamics state about energy?

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According to the first law of thermodynamics, energy cannot be ________.

• Lost as heat
  

• Converted

• Transferred

• Created or destroyed

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