Ecology and Food Web Quiz

Where does the energy that flows through a food web come from?

• Volcanic activity on Earth

• Gravity

• Convection currents in the mantle

• The sun

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What type of symbiotic relationship is described: A pearlfish spends the day inside the intestines of a sea cucumber. The fish emerges from the sea cucumber at night to feed on small crustaceans. The pearlfish gets a safe place to live. The sea cucumber does not know that the pearlfish is there.

• Commensalism

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Predation

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As energy moves from one level of a food web up to the next level, only about ________ percent of the energy moves up. The rest of the energy is used by the organism.

• 10

• 20

• 30

• 40

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What is a primary consumer?

• An organism that gets its energy from eating secondary consumers

• An organism that makes its own food

• An organism that gets its energy from eating plants

• An organism that decomposes organic material

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Based on the food web, which statement is TRUE?

• Primary consumers eat secondary consumers

• Producers get their energy from primary consumers

• Secondary consumers get their energy from primary consumers

• Decomposers are at the top of the food web

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Which organism is a secondary consumer in the food web?

• Rabbit

• Grass

• Owl

• Carrot

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What is the dietary classification of the fox?

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Producer

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What is the mouse classified as in terms of diet?

• Herbivore

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Producer

What is the relationship called when one organism kills another for food?

• Parasitism

• Predation

• Competition

• Mutualism

In a predation relationship, what is the organism that hunts called?

• Prey

• Host

• Predator

• Parasite