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Energy Flow in Ecosystems

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an ecosystem?

a)

All living and nonliving things that interact in an area

b)

All of the physical characteristics of an area

c)

All the living things that interact in an area

d)

All of the nonliving things that interact in an area

2.

What is the original source of energy for organisms in a food chain?

a)

Plants

b)

Animals

c)

Sunlight

d)

Consumers

3.

Which is the best definition of a food chain?

a)

A model of consumers providing energy to producers.

b)

A method for growing plants without soil.

c)

A process by which plants make food from energy in sunlight.

d)

A path by which energy flows from one living thing to another.

4.

In the food chain below, which organism is the producer?


Grass --> Mouse --> Snake --> Hawk

a)

Grass

b)

Mouse

c)

Snake

d)

Hawk

5.

Which organisms make their own food?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Decomposers

6.

Which organisms obtain energy by eating other living organisms?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Decomposers

7.

Which organisms break down wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the environment?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Decomposers

8.

Which of the following is the LOWEST trophic level in the pyramid?

a)

Primary Consumer

b)

Producer

c)

Tertiary Consumer

d)

Herbivore

9.

How much energy gets transferred from one trophic level to the next?

a)

50%

b)

25%

c)

10%

d)

100%

10.

Which trophic level has the HIGHEST population (population = the number of organisms)?

a)

Apex Predator

b)

Producer

c)

Herbivore

d)

Omnivore

11.

What is this an example of?

a)

Food Chain

b)

Food Web

c)

Energy Pyramid

12.

In a diagram of a food web, the arrows show the flow of _________.

a)

Soil

b)

Sunlight

c)

Oxygen

d)

Energy

13.

In the food web above, what eats the rabbit?

a)

Fox

b)

Hawk

c)

Vole

d)

Grass