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Concept 3 Energy Flow Through Ecosystems

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 1hrs 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All energy on Earth comes from

a)

food.

b)

the sun.

c)

chemicals.

d)

non-living things.

2.

An autotroph can also be called a

a)

animal.

b)

consumer.

c)

heterotroph.

d)

producer.

3.

An example of a producer is a

a)

fungus.

b)

animal.

c)

plant.

d)

person.

4.

Deep sea vent bacteria get their energy from

a)

eating other bacteria.

b)

releasing sulfur.

c)

photosynthesis.

d)

chemosynthesis.

5.

Consumers breakdown the macromolecules of the organisms they have eaten to release ATP in a process called

a)

photosynthesis.

b)

chemosynthesis.

c)

cellular respiration.

d)

ATP liberation.

6.

The levels of nourishment in a food chain are called

a)

pyramids of numbers.

b)

trophic levels.

c)

food phases.

d)

biomagnitudes.

7.

Because energy flows from organism to organism and is used for metabolism or is converted to heat the next organism in the chain only receives 10% of the energy from the previous level. This is known as the

a)

Heat Regulation.

b)

Energy Loss Directive.

c)

Heat Transfer Rule.

d)

Rule of 10.

8.

In the picture, which organism is the primary consumer?

a)

plant

b)

snake

c)

mouse

d)

bird

9.

which number on the diagram below sows the level of secondary consumers?

a)

3

b)

2

c)

1

10.

in an energy pyramid, which way does the energy transfer?

a)

from top of the pyramid to the bottom

b)

from the bottom of the pyramid to the top

c)

all of these

d)

none of these

11.

which consumer gets the most benefit from the sun's energy?

a)

mouse

b)

mushroom

c)

snake

d)

hawk

12.

the series of steps in which a large fish that eats a small fish that has eaten an algae is a...

a)

the food chain

b)

the pyramid of numbers

c)

the pyramid of biomes

d)

food web

13.

in many ecosystem the amount of energy that is transferred from one trophic level to the next is about

a)

90% to 100%

b)

50%

c)

33.3%

d)

10%

14.
Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?
a)
Hawk
b)
Spider
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Shrew
15.
Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?
a)
There would be a decrease in the small bird population.
b)
There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.
c)
There would be a decrease in the mice population.
d)
There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.
16.
Why is there a limited amount of energy that can be passed on to the next feeding level?
a)
There is never enough sunlight available. 
b)
Some ecosystems have limited resources. 
c)
Organisms use some of the energy they get from eating.
d)
All the energy is available to be passed on. 
17.
What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?
a)
The insects in the habitat would increase.
b)
The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.
c)
The willow tree population would decrease.
d)
Foxes would dies due to no food source. 
18.

What does the graph tell you about biodiversity between 1600 and 1959?

a)

biodiversity has increased

b)

biodiversity had decreased

c)

biodiversity has remained about the same

d)

not enough information to tell

19.

Which kind of organism is an autotroph?

a)

consumer

b)

producer

c)

decomposer

d)

herbivore

20.

Why are mushrooms important to the food chain?

a)

They recycle nutrients into the ecosystem.

b)

They produce food energy for other living things.

c)

They recycle oxygen into the atmosphere.

d)

They consume excess herbivores in the ecosystem.

21.

What is this an example of?

a)

Food chain

b)

Food web

c)

Energy pyramid

d)

Energy web

22.

Which organism is the primary consumer?

a)

Phytoplankton

b)

Gulls and terms

c)

osprey

d)

herbivorous duck