Energy Flow / Nutrient Cycle (ADV)

Label the organisms by their role in the food web.

c

b

d

a

Primary Consumer

Tertiary Consumer

Producer

Secondary Consumer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Click on the organism known as the "secondary consumer" in this food chain.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

As you move up the energy pyramid, the energy ​ (a)   . The organisms with the most energy are ​ (b)   .

• decreases
• increases
• producers
• tertiary consumers
• secondary consumers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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Amount of energy in a food pyramid transferred from one level to the next

• 0%

• 10%

• 78%

• 100%

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Which of the following is NOT a producer in this food web?

• grass

• shrub

• fungi

• tree

In this food web, which 2 animals will compete for the same source of energy (food)?

• grasshopper and rabbit

• deer and insect-eating bird

• shrew and squirrel

• snake and grasshopper

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What will both the rat and goat compete for?

• a rabbit

• the owl

• a tomato plant

• nothing

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What would happen if the rat population rapidly decreased?

• the rabbit population would also decrease.

• the owl and rattlesnake populations would decrease.

• the owl population would increase.

• the wildcat would not have any food to eat.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

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

• Producers
• Carnivores
• Herbivores
• Top Predator

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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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NGSS.MS-LS2-3