Energy Flow in Ecosystems

An organism that can make its own food is called

• herbivore

• consumer

• producer

• population

An organism that obtains energy from feeding on other organisms is a

• carnivore

• scavenger

• consumers

• decomposers

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A consumer that only eats plants is called a(n)

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• scavenger

Consumers that only eat animals are called

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

• scavenger

Consumers that eat both plants and animals are called

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

• scavenger

A __________ is a carnivore that feeds on the already dead bodies of dead organisms.

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores

• scavenger

What type of organism breaks down biotic wastes and dead organisms to return the raw materials back to the ecosystem?

• consumers

• scavenger

• decomposers

• ecosystem

A _______ is a series of evens where one organism eats another for energy.

• food chain

• food web

• food trampoline

• energy pyramid

The many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem are called a

• long food chaing

• food web

• energy pyramid

• spider web

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In an energy pyramid, most of the energy is at the producer level of the pyramid.

• true

• false

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3