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Energy in Ecosystems (chains, webs, and pyramids)

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 22mins

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Class
Date
1.

This diagram shows a linear relationship of energy flow within an ecosystem and is commonly known as a(n)...

a)

Food Web

b)

Food Chain

c)

Abiotic Factors

d)

Food Pyramid

2.

Which of these organisms would receive energy from the toad?

a)

Plant

b)

the Insects

c)

Snake

d)

Hawk

3.

The direction of the flow of energy in a food web or food chain is represented by ______________.

a)

asterisks

b)

dotted lines

c)

arrows

d)

bubbles

4.

Which of these is an example of an autotroph?

a)

Grass

b)

Toad

c)

Snake

d)

Hawk

5.

In food chains and food webs, the trophic level where one finds any heterotroph contains this word.

a)

heterotroph

b)

consumer

c)

producer

d)

autotroph

6.
An organism that lives by breaking apart dead organic matter into simpler parts is...
a)
scavenger
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
d)
carnivore
7.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a ecosystem.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
d)
How carnivores get their food. 
8.

Bacteria, fungi, and earthworms are examples of:

a)

scavengers

b)

predators

c)

prey

d)

decomposers

9.

A food web consists of?

a)

Many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.

b)

A diagram that shows relationships between decomposers and scavengers only.

c)

A diagram that shows relationships between producers only.

d)

A linear relationship with a single organism at each trophic level.

10.

When we were young, we were taught that autotrophs "made their own food." But that isn't precisely accurate. In reality, autotrophs are the only organisms that are able to....

a)

...convert inorganic compounds into organic compounds

b)

...convert organic compounds into inorganic compounds.

c)

...cannibalize one another.

d)

...release energy to the atmosphere.

11.

This diagram shows a a number of pathways of energy flow rather than a single, linear pathway. This type of representation is commonly known as a(n)

a)

Food Web

b)

Food Chain

c)

Abiotic Factors

d)

Food Pyramid

12.

In food chains and food webs, the trophic level where one finds any autotroph contains this word.

a)

heterotroph

b)

consumer

c)

producer

d)

autotroph

13.

Decomposers are organisms that eat dead and decaying matter. Another word that describes this type of consumer is...

a)

omnivores

b)

piscivores

c)

herbivores

d)

detrivores

14.

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

a)

Producers

b)

Carnivores

c)

Herbivores

d)

Top Predator

15.

If there is 1000 Kcal available in the producers in trophic level 1, approximately how much energy is available in the herbivores in trophic level 2?

a)

10 Kcal

b)

1 Kcal

c)

100 Kcal

d)

1000 Kcal

16.

This diagram represents the amount of energy that moves from one trophic level to another in an ecosystem.

a)

Food Pyramid

b)

Food Web

c)

Food Community

d)

Food Chain

17.

Which organism has the least amount of energy available to it from the producer in this diagram?

a)

Owl

b)

Grasshopper

c)

Lilypad

d)

Mouse

18.
The diagram represents a pyramid of energy in an ecosystem.  Which level would most likely contain members of the plant kingdom?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
19.

The largest group of organisms found in any ecosystem is the one whose trophic level is....

a)

Primary Consumer

b)

Producers

c)

Decomposers

d)

Secondary Consumers

20.

Position that an organism occupies in a food chain, web or pyramid (based upon the source of its energy) is known as its

a)

biomass

b)

autotroph

c)

trophic level

d)

biodiversity