Trophic Levels

What type of organism is at the beginning of every food chain?

• predator

• carnivore

• producer

• herbivore

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What is this called?

• Food Web
• Food Chain
• Abiotic Factors

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

• Producers
• Carnivores
• Herbivores
• Top Predator

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In the food web shown, the snail would be considered...

• primary consumer
• secondary consumer
• tertiary consumer
• producer

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In the food web pictured here, flies provide energy for...

• Dragonflies, Turtles, & Frogs

• Slugs & Fish

• Water Weeds & Algae

• Snakes, Frogs, & Kingfishers

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Which trophic level contains 'secondary consumers'?

• Red

• Blue

• Green

• Yellow

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

As you work your way up the energy pyramid, what happens to the energy?

• It increases

• It decreases

• It stays the same

• Nothing

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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If these organisms were arranged in a food pyramid, which organism would have the least amount of total energy available?

• coyote
• insect
• lizard
• shrub

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The diagram is intended to show relationships in an ecosystem. What do the arrows represent?

• The direction of population migration
• Differences in dietary habits
• Progressively smaller organisms
• The direction of the energy flow

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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If only 10% of an organism's energy is available for the next trophic level, what happens with the other 90% of the energy?

• It is destroyed after it is used up.
• It is used for life processes or lost as body heat.
• It remains for the next trophic level IF the predator consumes ALL of the organism.
• It is lost completely as body heat. 

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