Food Chain Energy

What kind of trophic level does the caterpillar represent in this picture?

• Primary trophic level

• Secondary trophic level

• Third trophic level

• No trophic level because it is a producer

The energy flows from the producers to the consumers, but finally it finishes when it gets to the decomposers because in that moment it is destroyed.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

• food chains

• food webs

• energy pyramids

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

The level or position an organism holds in a food chain, food web or on an energy pyramid.

• trophic level

• an arrow

• consumer

• producer

This is any organism that obtains energy by feeding on other organisms

• producer

• consumer

• herbivore

• decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

What level on an energy pyramid has organisms having the MOST energy?

• top level

• middle level

• bottom level

What level on an energy pyramid has organisms having the LEAST energy?

• top level

• middle level

• bottom level

This is an organism at a trophic level of an ecosystem that eats a primary consumer. Usually consisting of carnivores.

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

This is an organism at a trophic level of an ecosystem that eats a secondary consumer. Usually a carnivore that feeds on other carnivores.

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

What is a consumer that eats only plants?

• decomposer

• carnivore

• herbivore

• omnivore