Energy flow in Ecosystem Review

Name an example of a herbivore.

• Shark eating seal

• Giraffe eating grass

• Vulture eating possum remains

• Bear eating honey and fish

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Name an example of a carnivore.

• Shark eating seal

• Giraffe eating grass

• Vulture eating possum remains

• Bear eating honey and fish

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Name an example of an omnivore.

• Shark eating seal

• Giraffe eating grass

• Vulture eating possum remains

• Bear eating honey and fish

How do most autotrophs obtain energy?

• Through the process of photosynthesis

• By consuming other organisms

• Through cellular respiration

• By absorbing nutrients from the environment

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How do most autotrophs obtain energy?

• Through the process of photosynthesis

• By consuming other organisms

• Through cellular respiration

• By absorbing nutrients from the environment

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An organisms that eats other organisms for energy is called a/an ___ Pick all that apply

• heterotroph

• autotroph

• producer

• consumer

• carnivore, herbivore, omnivore, scavenger, detritivore, decomposer

What is the process of converting light energy into chemical energy in plants called?

• Chlorophyll

• Photolysis

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

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Explain the role of decomposers in the nutrient cycle.

• Decomposers absorb nutrients from the soil and hoard them, disrupting the nutrient cycle.

• Decomposers have no role in the nutrient cycle and are only present to break down dead organisms.

• Decomposers break down organic matter and release nutrients back into the soil, contributing to the nutrient cycle.

• Decomposers release harmful chemicals into the soil, depleting nutrients and disrupting the nutrient cycle.

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Where in this food chain is the herbivore being eaten by a carnivore?

• grass eaten by a grasshopper

• grasshopper eaten by a mouse

• mouse eaten by a snake

• snake eaten by a hawk

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A student is asked to draw a food web in which the same organism is a primary consumer as well as a secondary consumer. How should the organism be represented in the food web?

• The organism must have an arrow pointing from it to a tertiary consumer and another arrow pointing from it to a decomposer.

• The organism must have an arrow pointing from it to a secondary consumer and another arrow pointing to it from the top predator.

• The organism must have an arrow pointing from it to a primary consumer and another arrow pointing away from it to a decomposer.

• The organism must have an arrow pointing to it from a producer and another arrow pointing to it from a primary consumer.

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