Laurencig Ecology food webs and energy pyramids

Plants and other organisms that form the base of a food chain or food web by harnessing energy from the sun are called...

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Predators

• Producers

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In the energy pyramid pictured here, which organism has the LEAST amount of energy available to it?

• Producer

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Top Predator

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In the energy pyramid pictured here, if the producers generate 100 units of energy, how much of that energy would be passed on to the herbivores?

• 100 units

• 50 units

• 10 units

• 1 unit

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In the food chain pictured here, which of the following is a herbivore?

• Hawk

• Frog

• Grasshopper

• Fungi

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What is a trophic level?

Each level represented within a food chain or web.

• Levels of ecosystems that the world is divided into.

• Different levels of nutrients present within an organism.

• The levels of sunlight an autotroph needs to survive.

• Each level represented within a food chain or web.

An organism that lives by breaking apart dead organic matter into simpler parts is...

• scavenger

• consumer

• decomposer

• producer

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What is an abiotic factor pictured here?

• Koi fish

• water

• Lily pad

• Water plants

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An association of organisms and their physical environment is a(n)

• biome

• ecosystem

• community

• population

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A group of organisms of the same species who live in the same area

• biome

• ecosystem

• community

• population

The scientific study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environment

• Ecology

• mutualism

• Energy pyramid

• Food web

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