Conservation of Matter and Energy in Ecosystems

Which of the following is NOT part of the Law of Conservation of Matter?

• Matter cannot be created or destroyed

• Fire converts matter to heat

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What does the Law of Conservation of Energy state?

• Energy cannot be created or destroyed
• Energy will decrease over time.

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What is a Predator?

• An animal that eats another animal

• An animal that is being hunted by another animal

What is a Producer?

• Animals make food

• plants makes its own food

What is a Decomposer?

• Eats dead things

• Eats living things

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Consumers get their energy by eating food.

• True

• False

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How does the energy flow in an energy pyramids?

• up the pyramid

• down the pyramid

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Which animal is the top predator?

• hawk

• grass

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Which animal is not the top predator but, a predator to a mouse?

• snake

• grass

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How much energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next in an energy pyramid?

• 10%

• 90%

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