Ecology Food Chain

Which of the following has the correct order of the trophic levels for a food web or chain.

• herbivores-decomposer-autotrophs-carnivores-

• decomposer-carnivores-autotrophs-herbivores

• producer-tertiary consumer-secondary consumer-primary consumer

• producer-primary consumer-secondary consumer-tertiary consumer-decomposer

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

• chain

• web

• pyramid

• plate

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What would be a good example of a primary consumer?

• carnivore

• detrivore

• decomposer

• herbivore

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The monkey would be a

• decomposer

• producer

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

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Autotrophs are organisms that produce their own food. Which do scientist classify as autotrophs?

• Chordates

• Fungi

• Plants

• Molds

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A decomposer?

• Eats dead plants or animals and breaks down to put nutrients in the soil

• Eats plants or other animals for food

• Makes its own food

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The idea that no two species within an ecosystem can occupy the exact same niche

• niche overlap

• niche differentiation

• competitive exclusion

• niche decay

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Study of interactions between organisms and their environment 

• niche

• community 

• ecology

• ecosystem

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Why is a shark a carnivore.

• because it eats seaweed

• because it eats dead animals

• because it eats sand 

• because it eats other animals

All animals are...

• producers

• consumers

• carnivores

• omnivores