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Energy Flow Review

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in each level gets lost as heat or used by the organism for survival?
a)
80%
b)
90%
c)
10%
d)
20%
2.

The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?

a)

They point to the organism that is being eaten.

b)

It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.

c)

They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms.

d)

They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

3.

Organisms that create their own energy from sunlight or chemicals

a)

Herbivore

b)

Omnivore

c)

Autotroph

d)

Heterotroph

4.

In any food chain, the first trophic level is occupied by

a)

Herbivores

b)

Carnivores

c)

Producers

d)

Secondary consumers

5.

Look at the diagram of the food web. The arrows means “eaten by.”


What will happen if the number of snakes goes down?

a)

The owl will eat the grass

b)

The number of frogs will go down

c)

The hawk and owl will have less food

d)

The number of mice and grasshoppers will go up.

6.

The transfer of energy from one organism to the next in an ecosystem begins with a producer. A producer is an organism that produces its own food. A consumer is an organism in a food chain that obtains energy from producers or other consumers; consumers may be herbivores or carnivores.


Which food chain correctly describes the flow of energy in an ecosystem?

a)

grass → grasshopper → fish → human

b)

grasshopper → fish → human

c)

human → fish → grasshopper

d)

human → grasshopper → fish → grass

7.

Name the correct trophic level for level 3.

a)

Consumer

b)

Secondary

c)

Producer

d)

Decomposer

8.

If there is 1000 Kcal available in the producers in trophic level 1, how much energy is available in the herbivores in trophic level 2?

a)

10Kcal

b)

1Kcal

c)

100Kcal

d)

1000Kcal

9.

Which level has the fewest organisms?

a)

Tertiary

b)

Secondary

c)

Primary

d)

Quaternary

10.
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.
11.
An organism that lives by breaking apart dead organic matter into simpler parts is...
a)
scavenger
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
d)
carnivore
12.
If the grasshopper were to be removed completely from the food web, what organism would be most effected?
a)
The squirrel
b)
The shrew
c)
The deer
d)
The rabbit
13.
Which organisms from the Food Web is consuming the Insects?
a)
Lynx, Hare
b)
Shrew, Red fox
c)
Lynx, Red Fox
d)
Hawk, Shrew
14.

Temperature is a _________factor

a)

Biotic

b)

Abiotic

c)

living

d)

cool

15.

Soil is an example of a

a)

Biotic factor

b)

Abiotic factor

c)

competition

d)

herbivorous