KIV: Energy Flow in Ecosystems

What is the main role of producers in a food chain?

• To hunt primary consumers

• To make their own food using sunlight

• To eat other organisms

• To decompose dead matter

Which animal is a primary consumer in the food chain?

• Fox

• Bobcat

• Coyote

• White-tailed deer

What happens when different food chains overlap in an ecosystem?

• They stop functioning

• They form a food web

• They create more producers

• They become a single food chain

What is a trophic level?

• A type of plant

• A method of hunting

• A step in a food chain or food web

• A kind of animal

Why are tertiary consumers less common than primary consumers?

• They produce their own food

• They have access to less energy

• They are at the bottom of the energy pyramid

• They have more energy