Energy Flow in Ecosystems

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 the direction the energy is flowing between organisms.

• They represent how water is transferred 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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The image provided is an example of a(n):

• Producer
• Autotroph
• Consumer
• Insect

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A wolf eats a rabbit, that just ate some berries.  What would you call the rabbit?

• Producer
• Omnivore
• Primary Consumer
• 2nd order Heterotrph

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What is indicated by the diagram?

• Food web
• Food chain
• Food map
• Food menu

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Autotrophs are organisms that produce their own food. Which do scientist classify as autotrophs?

• Chordates
• Fungi
• Plants
• Molds

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An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste is a(an) ___________.

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer
• autotroph

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Eat primary consumers (can be carnivores and omnivores)

• Tertiary Consumers
• Secondary Consumers
• Quaternary Consumers 
• Top Predators 

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An organism that obtains energy by consuming plants and animals.

• Omnivores
• Carnivores
• Herbivores
• Humans 

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