Food Chain Pyramid

Which of these terms are you still unsure about?

• Predator/prey

• Producer/Consumer/decomposer/scavenger

• 10% Rule

• Energy pyramid

• Herbivore / Omnivore / Carnivore

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Approximately how much energy is available to the primary consumer?

• 20,000

• 2000

• 200

• 2

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Approximately how much energy is available to the secondary consumer in this energy pyramid?

• 20,000 kcal

• 2,000 kcal

• 200 kcal

• 2 kcal

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Which trophic level in the pyramid represents the tertiary level?

• 4

• 3

• 2

• 1

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Which consumer receives the greatest amount of energy from the producers

• Rabbit

• Snake

• Hawk

• None, they are all the same

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Which trophic level in the pyramid has the largest amount of energy?

• Producer

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Tertiary

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About _________ percent of the energy at any trophic level is transferred to the next level

• 5

• 10

• 15

• 20

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Identify the tertiary consumer in the following chain

Land plant→ Insect→ Frog→ Heron

• Land Plant

• Insect

• Frog

• Heron

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Predict what would happen if the seal population disappeared from this food chain.

• The Orca whale population would increase

• The cod population would increase

• The herring population would increase

• The algae population would increase

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ENERGY PYRAMID TELLS US THE AMOUNT OF FOOD-ENERGY THAT IS PASSED ON FROM ONE TROPHIC LEVEL TO ANOTHER. IF THE PLANTS PRODUCE 1000 kilocalories of energy, (1000KCal), how much energy would be available and passed on to the INSECTS? (USE THE 10% RULE)

• 1000KCAL

• 200KCAL

• 100KCAL

• 0KCAL

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