Energy Transfer Biology Food Webs

Green algae in water is an example of:

• Producer

• Consumer

• Heterotroph

• Bacteria

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An organism that consumes other organisms for energy is:

• Autotroph

• Decomposer

• Heterotroph

• Fungi

Fungi are examples of:

• Food chains

• Herbivores

• Decomposers

• Omnivores

A beetle that eats decomposing plant and animal matter is:

• Herbivore

• Scavenger

• Detritivore

• Carnivore

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________________: when energy is transferred between different stages of food chains.

• Primary producer

• Conservation of energy

• Bioaccumulation

• Trophic levels

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True or false: An organism that makes their own food occupies the third trophic level.

• True

• False

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True or false: Producers are at the lowest trophic level.

• True

• False

Arrows in food webs show:

• trophic levels

• direction of energy flow

• stages of species

• predators vs. prey

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True or false: once energy is used by an organism, it is no longer available.

• True

• False

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At higher trophic levels.... consumers need to:

• Consume more energy

• Consume less energy

• Eat more producers

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