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Energy flow Review Env

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why do higher trophic levels in most ecosystems contain fewer organisms than lower trophic levels?

a)

Energy available for use to the highest trophic level is small

b)

Energy available for use to the lowest trophic level is small.

c)

Energy available for use to the highest trophic level is large.

d)

Energy available for use to the highest and lowest trophic levels is the same.

2.

How much energy is lost at each trophic level?

a)

10%

b)

90%

c)

50%

d)

none

3.

The diagram that shows many feeding relationships in an ecosystem is called a

a)

Energy Pyramid

b)

Food web

c)

Food Chain

d)

Biome

4.

Where is the greatest biomass found in a food web?

a)

producers like grass

b)

herbivores like cows

c)

carnivores like lions

d)

omnivores like racoons

5.

What do the ARROWS in the food chain represent?

a)

the direction the energy is moving

b)

the number of organisms

c)

smallest organisms

d)

the loss of energy

6.

If the plant in the food chain has 20,000 kcal of energy, how much is passed to the insect?

a)

20,000

b)

2000

c)

200

d)

20

7.

IF the owls were removed from the food chain, what would happen to the mouse population?

a)

Removing the owls would not affect the other organisms.

b)

The plant population would increase

c)

The mouse population would decrease

d)

The mouse population would increase

8.

_ flows through a food web and provides energy for each trophic level.

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Carbon

c)

Energy

d)

Carbon

9.

If all of the plants were removed from a food web what would happen?

a)

Birds and grasshoppers would thrive

b)

Only the snakes would survive

c)

The food web would produce more bacteria to compensate.

d)

The food web would completely collapse

10.

From what do the algae, seaweed, and plankton are all

a)

plants

b)

animals

c)

resources

d)

biomes

11.

Where do plants get their energy from?

a)

the sun

b)

other animals

c)

the soil

d)

the do not need energy

12.

What do you call an animal that eats both plants and meat?

a)

Carnivores

b)

Omnivores

c)

Herbivores

d)

Detritivore

13.

What are examples of decomposers?

a)

lion and a zebra

b)

fungi and bacteria

c)

a tree and a shrub

d)

A buzzards and a frog