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WorksheetsScience Flow of energy
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Green pigment found in plants
Chloroplast
Chlorophyll
Catalyst needed for photosynthesis
Sunlight
Hydrogen Sulfide
Each step in a food chain or food web has a ___ level
Photosynthesis
Arrow
Trophic
Energy making process using chemicals
Photosynthesis
Chemosynthesis
Energy making process using sunlight
Photosynthesis
Chemosynthesis
Mixture of floating algae
Plants
Zooplankton
Phytoplankton
Series of steps in which organism transfer energy by eating or being eaten
Trophic level
Food web
Food chain
Arrows
Total amount of living tissue within each trophic level
Biology
Energy
Biomass
Plants
Producer in photosynthesis
Bacteria
Plant
Animal
Organelle found in plants
Chlorophyll
Chloroplast
Network of feeding interactions showing all the feeding relationships in an ecosystem
Trophic level
Food web
Food chain
Energy pyramid
Small swimming organisms that feed on marine algae
Zooplankton
Phytoplankton
Hydroplankton
Shows relative amount of energy or matter contained within each trophic level
Ecological pyramid
Food chain
Food web
Trophic Level
What am I?
Unicellular
Multicellular
The trophic level that identifies the first consumer is called
Quaternary consumer
Secondary consumer
Primary consumer
Tertiary consumer
Approximately _______ of energy is passed on in a food chain.
100 %
10%
1%
.1%
The amount of energy in an energy pyramid _____ as you move from primary producers to quaternary consumers.
Increases
Stays the same
Decreases
The arrows in a food chain point to the organism being eaten.
True
False
Pick the correct level organization from smallest to largest.
cell - organ - tissue - organism
cell - tissue - organ system
tissue - organ - organ system
An organism that eats both plants and animals is known as a(n)
Carnivore
Omnivore
Herbivore
Decomposer
Autotrophs are organisms that produce their own food. Which do scientists classify as autotrophs?
Chordates
Fungi
Plants
Molds
What is the first source of energy for almost all food webs?
Plants
Sunlight
Mineral in the soil
Decomposers
Which organisms have the most available energy in an energy pyramid?
Producers
Consumers
Decomposers
Detritivores
Which organisms in the diagram have the most energy to give to other organisms?
Cattails and Marsh Grass
Hawks and Snakes
Crickets and Grasshoppers
Shrews and Frogs
In this food chain, the snake would be a
tertiary consumer
secondary consumer
primary consumer
producer
Why is some energy not passed on to the next trophic level?
The organisms at each level use about 90% of the available energy to live.
The statement is NOT true. All energy IS passed from one trophic level to the next.
The organisms at each level use about 10% of the available energy to live.
Most energy is absorbed by the soil instead.
Which of the following would be the definition of a scavenger/detritivore?
Animals that eat insects.
Organisms that feed on rocks, recycling the nutrients back into the ground.
Organisms that eat only plants
Things that feed on dead, rotting organisms (roadkill)
What is the process plants use to make sugar?
decomposition
photosynthesis
farming
What is chlorophyll?
a green pigment found in plant cells that allows plants to use sunlight to make food
a living thing that gets its energy from breaking down dead organims
a living thing that cannot make its own food
What is the name of an organism that makes its own food?
Consumer
Decomposer
Producer
What do the arrows of a food chain or food web show?
the flow or transfer of energy from one organism to another
how organisms decompose
how nutrients are made
What is the primary source of all energy?
Air
Sunlight
Water
Which of the following is a first-level consumer?
carnivore
herbivore
decomposer
As you move up the energy pyramid, the size of a population of organisms decreases. True or False?
True
False
What is the final stage of the food chain?
producer
consumer
decomposer
At each level of the energy pyramid, organisms use ____ % of their energy for life processes.
50%
90%
100%
Organisms pass on ____% of energy to the next level of the energy pyramid.
10%
15%
100%
Which of the following is a cause of decomposition?
bacteria
sunlight
water
What does a producer use during the process of photosynthesis?
sunlight, water, carbon dioxide
sugar, carbon dioxide, sunlight
water and air
Which of the following is an example of a producer?
apple tree
owl
pig
A ______ is an organism that cannot make its own food and must eat other organisms to get energy.
producer
consumer
________ shows the transfer of food energy from one organism to the next in an ecological community.
Food Chain
Food Web
__________ shows a group of food chains that overlap.
Energy Pyramids
Food Webs
Classify this organism.
Producer
Consumer, herbivore
Consumer, carnivore
What is being made during the process of photosynthesis?
oxygen and sugar
water and oxygen
carbon dioxide and sugar
What happens when mold grows on bread during the decomposition process?
materials in the bread are broken down into smaller, simpler parts
materials in the bread combine into new, more complex parts
What is radiant energy?
Kinetic energy that results in the movement of molecules
Kinetic energy sent off in the form of electromagnetic waves.
The potential energy stored in the nucleus of an atom.
Energy produced by a radiator.
Which energy does the sun produce? (2 answers)
Mechanical Potential Energy
Electrical Kinetic Energy
Radiant Kinetic Energy
Thermal Kinetic Energy
Energy can be __________ from one object to another. (2 answers)
Transported
Teleported
Transferred
Transposed
Transformed
If the speed of an object increases, what also increases?
potential energy
solar energy
static energy
kinetic energy
What level organization is a leaf
organ
tissue
cell
organ system
What level of organization is a palm tree
organ
organ system
organism
cell
What level of organization is xylem
tissue
cell
organ
organ system
What level organization is a leaf
organ
tissue
cell
organ system
organs, organ systems, organisms, cells, tissues
Which of the following is NOT part of the cell theory?
All animals are made up of cells
cells can only arise from existing cells
cells are the smallest form of life
growth in animals is due to the cells getting bigger
The basic unit of life
tissue
organism
cell
organ
The basic unit of life
tissue
organism
cell
organ
