Energy in an ecosystem ET

How many animals feed on the Blue Lizard?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Which of the following statements is true of this Waterbird Food Web?

• The bald eagle preys upon the wading birds

• Small Planktivorous Fish are omnivores

• Wading Birds are herbivores

• Sea Ducks are predators to Tundra

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What does a food chain represent?

• How all living organisms within a habitat are connected.
• All of the things that a particular animal eats.
• How plants create their own food.
• A single path of energy transfer within a habitat.

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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. 

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

• Producers
• Carnivores
• Herbivores
• Top Predator

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A pyramid shape is used to show the amount of available energy at each trophic level because... 

• energy decreases as you go up the food chain, just like the pyramid shape gets smaller as you go up. 
• energy increases up the food chain just like the pyramid shape gets smaller as you go up. 
• energy amounts are the same at each trophic level

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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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Match the following terms to their definition:

• Omnivore

• Organisms that must consume food from other organisms

• Decomposer

• Animals that eat both plants and other animals

• Autotroph

• Organisms that make their own food using sunlight

• Heterotroph

• Recycle dead plant and animal matter

Label the energy pyramid

d

a

b

c

secondary consumer

primary consumer

tertiary consumer

producer

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