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Energy Flow: What do you know?

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Approximately what percentage of original chemical energy produced by the plants would be present in the bird population?

a)

10%

b)

1%

c)

.1%

d)

.01%

2.

If 50 kcal of energy are present in the tomato

plants, approximately how much energy

would be expected in the spider population?

a)

50 kcal

b)

5 kcal

c)

.5 kcal

d)

.05 kcal

3.

Approximately what percentage of original chemical energy produced by the tomato plants would be present in the aphid population?

a)

10%

b)

1%

c)

.1%

d)

.01%

4.

Which of the following groups of organisms is not represented in this food web?

a)

producers

b)

decomposers

c)

herbivores

d)

apex predators

5.

Which organism represents the trophic level containing approximately

1% of the initial amount of chemical energy produced in this ecosystem?

a)

Algae

b)

Copepods

c)

Minnows

d)

Bass

6.

If 25,000 kcal of energy are available in the algae population,

approximately how much energy would be in the bass population?

a)

2,500. kcal

b)

250 kcal

c)

25 kcal

d)

2.5 kcal

7.

Approximately what percentage of original chemical energy produced by the plant population would be present in the population of lizards?

a)

100%

b)

10%

c)

1%

d)

.1%

8.

What do the squiggly arrows represent in this food chain?

a)

the production of oxygen gas by each population of organisms

b)

the absorption of solar energy from the environment

c)

the flow of organic compounds within the ecosystem

d)

the energy released into the environment in the form of heat

9.

Approximately what percentage of energy in the producer population

would be available to the secondary consumers?

a)

10%

b)

1%

c)

.1%

d)

.01%

10.

If 15,000 kcal of energy are available in the producers, about

how much energy would be available to the tertiary consumers?

a)

1,500 kcal

b)

150 kcal

c)

15 kcal

d)

1.5 kcal