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Energy in the Ecosystem

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A network of feeding interactions that shows all the interrelated food chains in an ecosystem

a)

trophic level

b)

food web

c)

biomass pyramid

d)

pyramid of numbers

2.

Each step in a food chain or web

a)

trophic level

b)

food web

c)

biomass pyramid

d)

pyramid of numbers

3.

A ecological pyramid model that shows the amount of individuals available at each trophic level

a)

trophic level

b)

food web

c)

biomass pyramid

d)

pyramid of numbers

4.

A ecological pyramid model that shows the amount of living organic matter or tissue available at each trophic level.

a)

trophic level

b)

food web

c)

biomass pyramid

d)

pyramid of numbers

5.

Who is on the third energy level?

a)

leaf

b)

catepillar

c)

chamelon

d)

snake

e)

mongoose

6.

Who is the producer?

a)

leaf

b)

catepillar

c)

chamelon

d)

snake

e)

mongoose

7.

Who is the primary consumer?

a)

leaf

b)

catepillar

c)

chamelon

d)

snake

e)

mongoose

8.

Who is the tertiary consumer?

a)

leaf

b)

catepillar

c)

chamelon

d)

snake

e)

mongoose

9.

Who is the herbivore?

a)

leaf

b)

catepillar

c)

chamelon

d)

snake

e)

mongoose

10.

There are 40,000g of biomass energy available on trophic level one. How much energy is available for the tertiary consumer?

a)

400,000g

b)

4,000g

c)

400g

d)

40g

e)

4g

11.

If there are 5 top consumers, how many primary consumers would be available?

a)

50

b)

500

c)

5000

d)

50,000

12.

Which organism is a top consumer in this food web? Pick all that apply

a)

rabbit

b)

owl

c)

bird

d)

fox

e)

carrot

13.

Which is NOT a food chain in this food web?

a)

carrot --> rabbit --> fox

b)

grasses --> grasshopper --> owl

c)

bird --> grasshopper --> grains --> owl

d)

grains --> mice --> owl

e)

grasses --> grasshopper --> bird --> fox

14.

Total amount of living tissue found in an organism.

a)

biomass

b)

ingested energy

c)

egested energy

d)

cellular respiration

15.

Energy used by cells for cellular processes.

a)

biomass

b)

ingested energy

c)

egested energy

d)

cellular respiration

16.

Which of these is NOT energy output?

a)

biomass

b)

ingested energy

c)

egested energy

d)

cellular respiration

17.

A rabbit has ingested 1000 kilocalories of grass. He egest 400 kc of waste, and uses 300 kilocalories of energy for cellular respiration and 100 kilocalories is lost as heat. Does this show the law of conservation?

a)

yes the energy input is the same as the energy output

b)

no the energy input is the same as the energy output

18.

A rabbit has ingested 1000 kilocalories of grass. He egest 400 kc of waste, and uses 300 kilocalories of energy for cellular respiration and 100 kilocalories is lost as heat. What is missing from this equation?

a)

100 kilocalories of heat loss

b)

100 kilocalories of biomass

c)

200 kilocalories of biomass

d)

200 kilocalories of heat loss

e)

200 kilocalories of cellular respiration

19.

There are 40,000g of biomass energy available on trophic level one. How much energy is available for the secondary consumer?

a)

400,000g

b)

4,000g

c)

400g

d)

40g

e)

4g

20.

If there are 5 top consumers, how many producers would be available?

a)

50

b)

500

c)

5000

d)

50,000