Energy Flow in Ecosystems

All food webs and food chains begin with _________________.

• primary consumer

• producers

• secondary consumers

• tertiary consumers

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

• Producers
• Carnivores
• Herbivores
• Top Predator

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In an ecological pyramid, which type of organism always has the least amount of energy available?

• Producers

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

• Apex Predator

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If there are 100 Kcal of energy available in the producers, how much energy would be available in the primary consumers?

• 10 Kcal

• 1 Kcal

• 100 Kcal

• 1000 Kcal

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In this ecological pyramid which type of consumer gets only 10% of the energy stored in plants?

• Herbivore
• Carnivore
• Omnivore
• Secondary Consumer

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What percentage of energy is passed on to each tropic level?

• 10%
• 50%
• 90%
• 100%

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Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?

• Hawk

• Spider

• Grasshopper

• Shrew

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Based on the image, which organism recieves the least amount of energy from the producer?

• Owl

• Grasshopper

• Lilypad

• Mouse

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In a food web, arrows point at:

• who gets energy.
• who gets eaten.

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An organism that eats the secondary consumer.

• Primary Consumer
• Secondary Consumer
• Tertiary Consumer
• Consumer

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