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Flow of Energy in Ecosystems

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How much energy gets transferred from one level of an energy pyramid to the next?

a)

10%

b)

5%

c)

90%

d)

50%

2.

How much energy gets transferred from one level of an energy pyramid to the next?

a)

10%

b)

5%

c)

90%

d)

50%

3.

What does the arrow in a food chain mean?

a)

The direction of energy flow

b)

Which animal is eaten

c)

The exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide

d)

How energy gets broken down

4.

A rabbit eats grass. What is true of both the rabbit and the grass?

a)

The rabbit and the grass are both producer

b)

The rabbit and the grass are both consumers

c)

The rabbit is a producer and the grass is a consumer

d)

The rabbit is a consumer and the grass is a producer

5.

Which is possible based on the diagram?

a)

Sun → grass → robin

b)

Plant seeds → field mouse → robin

c)

Eagle → deer → plant seeds

d)

Grass → deer → mountain lion

6.

What first gets the energy from the sun?

a)

decomposers

b)

producers

c)

carnivores

d)

primary consumers

7.

Where does most energy come from

a)

primary consumers

b)

decomposers

c)

the moon

d)

the sun

8.

What does the arrow between the mouse and the owl represent?

a)

Energy flowing from the producer to consumer

b)

Energy flowing rom consumer to producer

c)

Energy flowing from the owl to the mouse

d)

Energy flowing from the mouse to the owl

9.

Breaks down plant and animal remains and waste into molecules that producers reuse to make energy

a)

Producer

b)

Decomposer

c)

Omnivore

d)

Carnivore

10.

Which of the following would be a primary consumer?

a)

hawk

b)

cheetah

c)

rabbit

d)

grass

11.

A consumer that eats only plants is a(n) ____.

a)

carnivore

b)

omnivore

c)

herbivore

d)

tertiary consumer

12.

Organisms that eat dead plants and animals are called ____.

a)

Scavengers

b)

Decompsers

c)

Carnivores

d)

Producers

13.

What type of consumer would be at the top of an energy pyramid?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

14.

Snakes can eat rabbits. What would happen to the rabbit population if the snake population doubled?

a)

The rabbit population would stay the same

b)

The rabbit population would go down

c)

The rabbit population would go up.

15.

What level would you expect to find at the bottom of an energy pyramid?

a)

tertiary consumer

b)

primary consumer

c)

secondary consumers

d)

Autotrophs/ producers

16.

A consumer that eats only producers.

a)

Primary Consumer

b)

Secondary Consumer

c)

Carnivore

d)

Omnivore

17.

An organism that makes its own food.

a)

Autotroph

b)

Heterotroph

c)

Herbovore

d)

Carnivore

18.

This shows the total energy available at each trophic level of an ecosystem.

a)

Energy Pyramid

b)

Food Chain

c)

Food Web

19.

This organism is always first on a food web.

a)

Plants

b)

The Sun

c)

Apex Predator

d)

Primary Consumer

20.

The energy organisms need to live and grow first enters the ecosystem when-

a)

decomposers break down dead organism

b)

plants take in light energy from the sun

c)

primary consumers eat plants for food

d)

secondary consumers eat primary consumers