Energy Flow Lesson

In the energy pyramid, what is the bottom level composed of?

• Producers

• First-Level Consumers

• Second-Level Consumers

• Third-Level Consumers

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In the energy pyramid, what comes after the producers?

• Producers

• First-Level Consumers

• Second-Level Consumers

• Third-Level Consumers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Producers, at the bottom of the energy pyramid, receive most of all their energy from the________.

• sun

• soil

• air

• water

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Organisms that obtain energy by feeding on other organisms

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Symbiosis

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In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the LEAST energy available?

• Producers

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

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Which statement provides the best explanation for the difference in biomass of organisms found at each trophic level?

• Organisms at higher trophic levels have less energy available to them than organisms at lower trophic levels.

• Organisms at higher trophic levels require smaller habitats than organisms at lower trophic levels.

• Organisms at lower trophic levels provide less energy than organisms at higher trophic levels.

• Organisms at lower trophic levels outcompete organisms at higher trophic levels.

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A Texas Gulf Coast energy pyramid is shown with representative organisms at each trophic level. Which statement best describes the flow of energy through this pyramid?

• The trophic level represented by catfish and gobies receives energy directly from the producers.

• The trophic level represented by shrimp and copepods receives energy directly from the tertiary consumers

• The trophic level represented by redfish and flounder receives energy directly from the secondary consumers

• The trophic level represented by wire grass and phytoplankton receives energy directly from the primary consumers.

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A food _______ is a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.

• chain

• web

• pyramid

• plate

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

As you work your way up the energy pyramid, what happens to the energy?

• It increases

• It decreases

• It stays the same

• Nothing

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

In the food web above, what organism is missing from this food chain: Grass --> Slug --> ________ --> Hawk

• Vole

• Frog

• Insect

• Thrush

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