How Energy Flows Through Ecosystems

An organism that can make its own food

• decomposer

• consumer

• producer

What is a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy?

• food web

• food chain

• energy pyramid

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What are consumers that eat only plants

• herbivores

• omnivores

• carnivores

What is the source of all the food in an ecosystem

• consumers

• decomposers

• producers

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What is an example of a carnivore

• a wolf

• a rabbit

• a human

A food chain shows how many possible paths along which energy can move through the ecosystem

• two or three

• only one

• many

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How does the amount of energy change as it moves up an energy pyramid

• it increases

• it decreases

• it stays the same

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What breaks down biotic wastes and dead organisms and returns the raw materials to the ecosystem

• a decomposer

• a producer

• a consumer

What is an example of a carnivore that feeds on the bodies of dead organisms

• a deer

• a bear

• a vulture

What are consumers that eat both plants and animals

• herbivores

• carnivores

• omnivores