Trophic Levels and Biodiversity Quiz

Trophic levels are represented by 

• squares
• circles
• pyramids
• lines

Which animal is the apex predator?

• hawk
• lizard
• snake
• grass

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Which animal is not the apex predator but, a predator to a mouse?

• hawk
• rabbit
• snake
• grass

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Why is a shark a carnivore.

• because it eats seaweed
• because it eats dead animals
• because it eats sand 
• because it eats other animals

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 flowing between organisms. 
• They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

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In an energy pyramid, energy_______ as you move up the pyramid.

• Increases
• Decreases
• Stays the same
• Changes up and down

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In this energy pyramid, which organisms have the most energy available?

• Producers

• Carnivores

• Herbivores

• Top Predator

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In this energy pyramid, which organism has the least amount of energy available?

• Producers

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

• 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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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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