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In an energy pyramid, how much of the energy in each level gets passed to the next level above it?
80%
90%
10%
20%
An organism that obtains energy by eating other organisms.
Consumer
Producer
Decomposer
Detritivore
What is a keystone species?
A species that helps to hold an ecosystem together
A species that lives in or around rocks
All animals are keystone since all animals are important to an ecosystem
Animals that keep other population numbers normal
When wolves were absent from the Yellowstone food web, what type of trophic cascade did their absence cause?
top-down
bottom-up
neither
Which animal is the apex predator in this food web?
Baleen whale
Elephant Seal
Other toothed whales / orcas
Penguins
Which animal is the keystone species in this food web?
Krill
Squid
Leopard seas
Sperm Whales
If producers in this food web have 2,000kCal of energy, how much of that would end up going to the herring (secondary consumers)?
200 kCal
20 kCal
2 kCal
0.2KCal
Which of the animals in this food web is an omnivore? (choose 2)
Raven
Snowshoe Hare
Bison
Grizzly Bear
If a drought were to occur in this ecosystem, what type of trophic cascade would it cause?
top-down
bottom-up
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