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Ecology - Outcome 2

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An organism that can produce food through internal chemical activity and does not need external food sources is called a(n)

a)

Decomposer

b)

Autotroph

c)

Heterotroph

d)

Primary consumer

2.

???? are organisms that take dead organic matter and use it as a food source.

a)

Autotrophs

b)

Heterotrophs

c)

Decomposers

d)

Consumers

3.

A sunflower is an example of a

a)

producer

b)

consumer

4.

a horse is an example of a

a)

producer

b)

consumer

5.

A linear sequence (single pathway) of how energy flows in a biological community is called a:

a)

Food sequence

b)

Food Web

c)

Food Chain

d)

Food organizer

6.

A bear that eats a fish that ate bugs that ate algae is a:

a)

Tertiary consumer (3rd Level)

b)

Quaternary consumer (4th Level)

c)

Secondary consumer (2nd Level)

d)

Producer (1st level)

7.

Which organism is a decomposer?

a)

Cacti

b)

Bacteria

c)

Lizards

d)

Shrubs

8.

Which two organism(s) are producers?

a)

Cacti

b)

Bacteria

c)

Lizards

d)

Shrubs

9.

Which three organism(s) are primary consumers?

a)

Rats

b)

Insects

c)

Cacti

d)

Lizards

10.

Which organism has the highest trophic level in the food web??

a)

Bacteria

b)

Coyote

c)

Cacti

d)

Rats

11.

Explain, in terms of the energy pyramid, why there are not organisms that solely eat tertiary consumers?

a)

As you move up the energy pyramid, there is more energy available.

b)

As you move up the energy pyramid, there is less energy available.

c)

As you move up the energy pyramid, there is the same amount of energy available.