WorksheetsFlow of Energy in Ecosystems
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 10mins
A consumer that eats only producers.
Primary Consumer
Secondary Consumer
Carnivore
Omnivore
An organism that makes its own food.
Autotroph
Heterotroph
Herbovore
Carnivore
This shows the total energy available at each trophic level of an ecosystem.
Energy Pyramid
Food Chain
Food Web
This organism is always first on a food web.
Plants
The Sun
Apex Predator
Primary Consumer
The energy organisms need to live and grow first enters the ecosystem when-
decomposers break down dead organism
plants take in light energy from the sun
primary consumers eat plants for food
secondary consumers eat primary consumers
The complete removal of decomposers from an ecosystem will have the greatest effect on which of the following?
migration
the availability of water
the recycling of nutrients
the distribution of organisms
What level consumer is the frog
Primary Consumer
Secondary Consumer
Tertiary Consumer
Apex Predator
What level consumer is the snake?
Primary Consumer
Secondary Consumer
Tertiary
Apex Predator
Consumers that eat only plants.
Producers
Herbivores
Carnivores
Omnivores
Consumers that only eat other animals (meat).
Producers
Herbivores
Carnivores
Omnivores
A consumer that eats both animals and producers.
Carnnivores
Omnivores
Herbivores
The path of energy transfer from one organism to another in an ecosystem.
Food Chain
Food Web
Energy Pyramid
Overlapping food chains with different pathways for the flow of food energy in an ecosystem
Food Chain
Food Web
Food Pyramid
Energy Pyramid
In an ecosystem, snakes feed on frogs, which feed on mosquitoes. Use of a bug spray has decreased the number of mosquitoes. What will probably happen to the number of frogs and snakes?
Frogs will increase, snakes will increase
Frogs will increase, snakes will decrease
Frogs will decrease, snakes will increase
Frogs will decrease, snakes will decrease
Which of these shows a possible food chain for an ecosystem?
shark--> fish --> plankton -->sun
sun --> plankton --> fish --> shark
plankton --> sun --> fish --> shark
plankton --> fish --> shark --> sun
If the snake population decreased, which group would increase in number?
Producers
Primary consumers
Secondary consumers
Tertiary consumers
Decomposers
This is an example of a(n)
omnivore
carnivore
herbivore
decomposer
A raccoon eats plants and animals. It is an example of a(n)
omnivore
carnivore
herbivore
decomposer
What do producers need, other than sun, for photosynthesis?
Water and CO2
Glucose and O2
Love and happiness
Carbohydrates and water
