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Energy in Ecosystems

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What percentage of energy is transferred from organism to organism?

a)

25%

b)

10%

c)

1%

d)

100%

2.

In an Energy pyramid, most energy is located at the ___ level.

a)

Primary consumer

b)

Secondary consumer

c)

Producer

d)

Tertiary consumer

3.

An ecosystem could not survive without which of the following?

a)

Producer

b)

primary consumer

c)

secondary consumer

d)

tertiary consumer

4.

Chemical energy is stored in

a)

water

b)

food

c)

air

d)

movement

5.

The process of photosynthesis is converting ___ energy to ___ energy.

a)

chemical to light

b)

radiant to chemical

c)

kinetic to potential

d)

radiant to kinetic

6.

An example of Thermal Energy

a)

water

b)

fire

c)

jumping

d)

food

7.

Radiant energy comes from what source?

a)

wind

b)

worms

c)

water

d)

sunlight

8.

Example of primary consumer

a)

b)

c)

d)

9.

Eats primary consumers

a)

secondary consumer

b)

primary consumer

c)

decomposer

10.

Organism that use radiant energy to make food are known as?

a)

secondary consumer

b)

primary consumer

c)

producer

d)

tertiary consumer

11.

Example of a secondary consumer

a)
b)

c)

d)

12.

Organisms that only eat producers/plants are?

a)

primary consumer

b)

secondary consumer

c)

tertiary consumer

13.

Fungi break down dead organic matter. What are they?

a)

herbivore

b)

decomposer

c)

carnivore

d)

omnivore

14.

Example of a decomposer

a)

b)

c)
d)

15.

Energy in an ecosystem flows from?

a)

consumer to producer

b)

producer to consumer

c)

tertiary consumer to primary consumer

d)

secondary consumer to primary consumer

16.

Most of the energy in an ecosystem is .

a)

matter is lost.

b)

made into energy.

c)

passed from decomposer to decomposer

d)

lost as heat.

17.

What is found at the base/bottom level of an energy pyramid?

a)

producer

b)

primary consumer

c)

secondary consumer

d)

decomposer