Flow of Energy QUIZ

Use the diagram to answer the next two questions. Which diagram correctly shows how energy flows within this food web?

• Grass → ant → topi → pangolin

• Grass → mouse → gazelle → caracal

• Tree → elephant → giraffe → cheetah

• Tree → elephant → cheetah → lion

Which organisms are the source of all energy in this ecosystem and essential to the transfer of energy within this food web?

• Grass, shrubs, and trees

• Grass, ants, and lions

• Trees, grasshoppers, and termites

• Trees, mice, and shrubs

Look at the image of the aquatic food web. Use the relationships in the food web to complete the following sentence. The squid is a _____, the copepods are a _____, the lantern fish is a _____ and the diatom is a _____. Which terms, in order of appearance, best complete the sentence?

• primary consumer; producer; secondary consumer; tertiary consumer

• tertiary consumer; primary consumer; secondary consumer; producer

• secondary consumer; tertiary consumer; producer; primary consumer

• tertiary consumer; producer; primary consumer; secondary consumer

Which trophic level of an ecosystem has the highest amount of available energy?

• Decomposer

• Producer

• Carnivore

• Consumer

Choose the correct order for each animal on the pyramid from top to bottom.

• Wolf, snake, rabbit, plant

• Rabbit, plant, snake, wolf

• Plant, rabbit, snake, wolf

• Snake, rabbit, plant, wolf