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Exam 5.1 - Energy Flow

Total questions: 33

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which animal in this food chain is an herbivore?

a)

Grasshopper

b)

Snake

c)

Frog

d)

Hawk

2.

Multiple, overlapping food chains in one ecosystem is called a -

a)

Life cycle

b)

Food chain

c)

Food Web

d)

Heterotroph

3.

The giraffe and rhino only eat plants. They are both -

a)

autotrophs

b)

heterotrophs

c)

producers

d)

primary consumers

e)

secondary consumers

4.

The seals only eat fish. They are considered -

a)

producers

b)

consumers

c)

herbivores

d)

carnivores

e)

omnivores

5.

In the food web shown, who is the secondary consumer?

a)

grass

b)

mouse

c)

rabbit

d)

fox

6.

For an energy pyramid, the 10% rule states that

a)

10% of the energy is transferred from one organism to the next.

b)

10% of the energy is lost.

c)

10% of the animals will starve.

d)

10% of the producers are eaten.

7.

What does a primary consumer eat?

a)

tertiary consumers

b)

secondary consumers

c)

producers

d)

decomposers

8.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a ecosystem.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
d)
How carnivores get their food. 
9.

What level consumer is the deer?

a)

primary

b)

secondary

c)

tertiary

d)

producer

10.

If the producer has 20,000 kJ of energy, how much energy should the secondary consumer have?

a)

2,000 kJ

b)

500 kJ

c)

200 kJ

d)

1,000 kJ

11.

An organism that can produce its own food through photosynthesis.

a)

consumer

b)

heterotroph

c)

autotroph

d)

producer

e)

herbivore

12.

An organism that is unable to produce its own food, so it must eat other organisms to survive.

a)

autotroph

b)

heterotroph

c)

producer

d)

consumer

13.
What is the role of a producer?
a)

Convert radiant energy from the sun into chemical energy (glucose).

b)

Gain energy from eating other organisms

c)

Keep other species from overpopulating

d)

Breaking down dead stuff 

14.
What's the role of consumers in a food chain?
a)
Use sunlight to make food 
b)
Eat other species and keep them from overpopulating
c)
Break down dead stuff
d)
Add nutrients to the soil
15.
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%
16.

The diagram represents a pyramid of energy in an ecosystem.  Which level would have the smallest population?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

17.
In the energy pyramid below, which organism has the least amount of energy available?
a)
Producers
b)
Herbivores
c)
Carnivores
d)
Top Predator
18.

In the food web picture, which organisms are herbivores?

a)

D and E

b)

A and D

c)

A and B

d)

B and C

19.

In the food web picture, which organisms are carnivores?

a)

D and E

b)

A and D

c)

B and C

d)

A and B

20.

What would happen to this ecosystem pictured above if all the frogs were killed?

a)

The number of producers would increase

b)

The number of grasshoppers would greatly increase

c)

The number of owls would greatly increase

d)

The number of owls would decrease

e)

The number of mice would decrease

21.

Which of the following statements best describes the flow of energy in the energy pyramid?

a)

As you go higher in the pyramid, the amount of energy increases.

b)

There is less energy in a producer level than a consumer level

c)

There is no energy above the level of producers in the system

d)

Each group receives only a small amount of the energy from the level below it.

22.

What is another name for producers?

a)

Consumers

b)

Autotrophs

c)

Secondary Consumers

d)

The Sun

23.

Organisms that can trap sunlight and turn it into the sugar glucose are called?

a)

Consumers

b)

Producers

c)

Tertiary consumers

d)

Decomposers

24.

The process that uses sunlight to convert carbon dioxide and water to sugar is called -

a)

Respiration

b)

Generation

c)

Evolution

d)

Photosynthesis

25.

Why do you think it is called an energy "pyramid"?

a)

Because there are MORE animals as you move up

b)

Because there are LESS organisms as you move down

c)

Because there is MORE energy as you move up

d)

Because there are LESS animals as you move up

26.

Arrows in a food web represent -

a)

amount of eating

b)

direction of sunlight

c)

flow of energy

d)

mass and matter

27.

In the food chain the arrows do NOT show THE FLOW OF ENERGY.

a)

False

b)

True

28.

Food webs are INTERCONNECTED FOOD CHAINS.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Which animal in this food chain is a carnivore?

a)

Grasshopper

b)

Snake

c)

Frog

d)

Hawk

30.

Which animal in this food chain is a consumer?

a)

Grasshopper

b)

Snake

c)

Frog

d)

Hawk

e)

Grass

31.

The giraffe and rhino only eat plants. They are both -

a)

autotrophs

b)

heterotrophs

c)

herbivores

d)

carnivores

e)

omnivores

32.

The lion and leopard only eat animals. They are both -

a)

autotrophs

b)

heterotrophs

c)

herbivores

d)

carnivores

e)

omnivores

33.

Which organisms are secondary consumers?

a)

blue jay

b)

deer

c)

prairie dog

d)

fox

e)

mountain lion