Energy Flow Through Living Systems

The sun is the ultimate source of _______.

• molecules

• tanning

• eating

• energy

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Label producer, herbivore, carnivore and scavenger

a

b

c

producer

carnivore

scavenger

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Overlapping food chains with different pathways to show the flow of energy in an ecosystem

• Food Chain

• Food Web

• Energy Pyramid

• Ecosystem

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Term for an organism that feeds itself by eating other things.

• heterotroph

• autotroph

• herbivore

• plant

An energy pyramid is shown. At which level of the energy pyramid would the most biomass be found?

• Top predator

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Producers

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A diagram of a marine food chain is provided. Which organism in the food chain transforms energy from the Sun into food?

• Large Sharks

• Marlin

• Shrimp

• Phytoplankton

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A diagram is provided. Which portion of the diagram represents the level with the most available energy?

• Producers

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

• Top Predator

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A diagram of a pond food chain is provided. Which of the following could possibly increase the total amount of energy the catfish population receives within its food chain?

• Increase in the number of beetles

• Increase in number of hawks

• Decrease in number of plants

• Decrease in number of hawks

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A diagram is provided. Which of the following correctly shows one path that energy would flow through this ecosystem?

• Grasses -> Termite-> Monkey -> Eagle

• Hyena -> Mongoose -> Mouse -> Grasses

• Grasses -> Termite -> Grasshopper -> Monkey

• Acacia Trees -> Giraffe -> lion -> vulture

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following characteristics is shared by both primary and secondary consumers?

• Uses the Sun's radiant energy to produce food

• The first step in any food chain diagram

• Eats only plants to gain needed energy

• Gains energy by eating other living things