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Biology 12C Energy Pyramids and Food Webs

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 20mins

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1.

The populations of which organisms will most likely increase as a result of a disease that suddenly reduced the population of Texas horned lizards?

a)

Grasses and ants

b)

Ants and grasshoppers

c)

Grasshoppers and Texas Cottonmouths

d)

Texas cottonmouths and red shouldered hawks

2.

Which statement provides the best explanation for the difference in biomass of organisms found at each trophic level?

a)

Organisms at higher trophic levels have less energy available to them than organisms at lower trophic levels.

b)

Organisms at higher trophic levles require smaller habitats than organisms at lower trophic levels.

c)

Organisms at lower trophic levels provide less energy than organisms at higher trophic levels.

d)

Organisms at lower trophic levels outcompete organisms at higher trophic levels.

3.

When constructing an energy pyramid of a swamp ecosystem, which of these would be placed at the top of the pyramid.

a)

Grass carp

b)

American Alligator

c)

Eastern mud turtle

d)

Great blue heron

4.

Based on this food web, which organisms are direct sources of energy for secondary consumers?

a)

aphid, bird, rabbit

b)

ladybug, fox, dragonfly

c)

frog, butterfly, berries

d)

mouse, snake, hawk

5.

Based on the energy flow between trophic levels in an energy pyramid, how much energy would be expected to be found at the secondary consumer level in this energy pyramid?

a)

100 Joules

b)

500 Joules

c)

1,000 Joules

d)

50 Joules

6.

Which organisms are both secondary and tertiary consumers?

a)

chemosynthetic bacteria and amphipods

b)

zooplankton and muscles

c)

ratfish and octopuses

d)

galatheid crabs and zoarcid fish

7.

What is lost to the environment at each trophic level?

a)

food sources

b)

living space for the organisms

c)

nutrients from soil

d)

heat

8.

Which answer choice best describes a community?

a)

Praying mantises caring for their young

b)

Three-spined sticklebacks living in estuaries

c)

different species of lizard occupying the same niche in a desert

d)

roosting mother bats recognizing their offspring

9.

In what order are the levels in the diagram?

a)

population, community, ecosystem

b)

organism, community, population

c)

organism, population, community

d)

ecosystem, population, community

10.

A science class is planning a field trip to a local farm that has a large pond. Which of the following lists the order of biological organization from smallest to largest that the students can expect to find at the pond?

a)

population, organism, community ecosystem

b)

organism population community ecosystem

c)

organism community population ecosystem

d)

population organism ecosystem community