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Energy Flow Through Ecosystems

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A fungi absorbs nutrients from dead and decaying organisms. It is ......

a)

A heterotroph

b)

An autotroph

c)

A chemotroph

d)

none of these

2.

All energy on Earth comes from

a)

food.

b)

the sun.

c)

chemicals.

d)

non-living things.

3.

An autotroph can also be called a

a)

animal.

b)

consumer.

c)

heterotroph.

d)

producer.

4.

Which of the following heterotrophs are help keep the ecosystem alive by recycling nutrients between dead and living organisms?

a)

Carnivores

b)

Omnivores

c)

Decomposers/ Detritvores

d)

Herbivores

5.

A difference between photosynthesis and chemosynthesis

a)

Photosynthesis doesn't use light and chemosynthesis does

b)

Photosynthesis makes sugar and chemosynthesis doesn't

c)

Photosynthesis uses light and chemosynthesis doesn't

d)

Photosynthesis doesn't make sugar and chemosynthesis does

6.

What process occurs when light energy is captured by chlorophyll in autotrophs and converted into sugar?

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Cellular Respiration

7.

Animal that gets its energy and nutrition from eating meat.

a)

Detritivore

b)

Ominvore

c)

Carnivore

d)

Herbivore

8.

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

a)

3

b)

2

c)

1

9.

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

10.
Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?
a)
Hawk
b)
Spider
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Shrew
11.
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.
12.
How much energy is available to be passed on to the next trophic level in an ecosystem?
a)

100%

b)

10%

c)

50%

d)

75%

13.

In the food chain pictured, what type of organism is the bird?

a)

producer

b)

primary consumer

c)

secondary consumer

d)

tertiary consumer

14.

if birds eat insects that feed on corns, discuss which pyramid level would birds occupy.

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

15.

Look at the above energy pyramid, if the producers have 7000 kcal of energy, how much energy will be available for the sheephead fish?

a)

7 kcal

b)

70 kcal

c)

700 kcal

d)

7000 kcal