Regents Ecology

Match the following

• Food Web

• 
• Many paths; energy moves thru organisms

• Energy pyramid

• Energy pyramid

• Food Web

• 1 path; energy moves thru organisms

• Food chain

• Shows energy is lost at each level

• 

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Ecology

Energy flow

Drag the terms to the appropriate spot

a

b

Climax species

Pioneer species

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is a producer?

• an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms

• an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food

• an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste

• an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

• Producers

• Carnivores

• Herbivores

• Top Predator

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In the energy pyramid below, which organism has the least amount of energy available?

• Producers

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

• Top Predator

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

If there is 1000 Kcal available in the producers in trophic level 1, how much energy is available in the herbivores in trophic level 2?

• 10 Kcal

• 1 Kcal

• 100 Kcal

• 1000 Kcal

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

If these organisms were arranged in a food pyramid, which organism would have the least amount of total energy available?

• coyote

• insect

• lizard

• shrub

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which organism recieves the least amount of energy from the producer?

• Owl

• Grasshopper

• Lilypad

• Mouse

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The largest group of organisms found in a food web would be:

• Primary Consumers

• Producers

• Decomposers

• Tertiary Consumers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which one is NOT an example of a decomposer?

• mushroom

• leaves

• mold

• worm