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ACTIVITY: Transfer of energy through the trophic levels

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The most essential factor controlling the kind of species that dwell in an ecosystem is _______.

a)

the flow of energy

b)

biodiversity

c)

Sunlight

d)

food availability

2.

Photosynthesis produces energy in the form of _______.

a)

plants

b)

sugar

c)

both plant and sugar

d)

neither

3.

From the image, which is an autotroph and a producer?

a)

eagle

b)

snake

c)

fungi

d)

grass

4.

The grasshopper, rat, snake; and eagle are called ________.

a)

producers and autotrophs

b)

consumers and autotrophs

c)

consumers and heterotrophs

d)

all of the answers

5.

What are the two types of food chain?

a)

Grazing and detrimental

b)

Grazing and detrital

c)

Greyzing and detrimental

d)

Greyzing and detrital

6.

At every trophic level, what percentage of energy from the food in the previous trophic level is consumed?

a)

90%

b)

9%

c)

10%

d)

1%

7.

The term used to refer to each level to which energy is passed from one to the other is called

a)

a. Trophic level

b)

b. Energy level

c)

a only

d)

both a and b

8.

What happens to energy as it moves up the food pyramid, from producers to tertiary consumers?

a)

increases

b)

decreases

c)

stays the same

9.

Which of these are classified as heterotrophs or consumers?

a)

a. Herbivores

Carnivores

Omnivores

b)

b. Detritivores/

Decomposers

c)

a only

d)

both a and b

10.

Fill in what's missing in this food chain:

SUN--> producer--> primary consumer-->secondary consumer--> tertiary consumer--> (a)