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Which of the following can be regarded as secondary consumers? Mark all that apply
Wildflowers
Rabbit
Mouse
Snake
Hawk
What do the arrows in the food web represent? Mark all that apply
The trophic level
Transfer of energy
Transfer of matter
The feeding level
The amount of energy available
How much energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next? For example, how much energy is transferred from plants to herbivores.
0%
1%
50%
10%
100%
Plants are…Mark all that apply
Autotrophs
Heterotrophs
Decomposers
Consumers
Producers
What is the ultimate source of energy for most ecosystems?
The moon
The producers
The autotrophs
The sun
The decomposers
Which of the following is a predator prey relationship from the food web?
The hawk and snake
The hawk and grass
The snake and wildflowers
The mouse and grass
The rabbits and wildflowers
Rabbits and mice have the same habitat and the same niche. What kind of community interaction do the rabbits and mice display?
Symbiosis
Mutualism
Commensalism
Competition
Which organism from the food web can occupy more than one trophic level?
Mouse
Rabbit
Snake
Hawk
Wildflower
If the wildflowers have 8452 kcal of energy, how many kcal of energy is available to the snake?
8452
845.2
84.52
8.452
0.8452
Which of the following terms encompasses all of the others?
Hetertroph
Primary Consumer
Secondary Consumer
Tertiary Consumer
Decomposer
Why are keystone species important?...Mark all that apply
They are important to the diversity of an ecosystem
They are important for the stability of an ecosystem
They keep the world green by keeping the herbivores in check
They provide energy to an ecosystem
They recycle matter in an ecosystem
What is the correct term for different levels on an energy pyramid?
Energy Level
Population Level
Biomass Level
Trophic Level
The following food chain exists in a marine ecosystem: phytoplankton→zooplankton→Fish. If seals that eat fish are added to the ecosystem, what would happen to the phytoplankton population?
The phytoplankton population would increase
The phytoplankton population would decrease
The phytoplankton population would remain the same
The phytoplankton population would become extinct
What do organisms do with the energy they consume? Mark all that apply
they use some of the energy to grow and develop
they use some of the energy to maintain normal life processes
they use some of the energy to reproduce
They use some of the energy to make new cells
Which of the following is incorrectly matched?
Producer - autotroph
Consumer - heterotroph
Primary consumer - producer
Secondary consumer - omnivore
Tertiary consumer - carnivore
Which of the following symbiotic relationships is an example of parasitism?
a tapeworm in a human digestive system
a clown fish living in a sea anemone
a bird nesting in an oak tree
a lion eating a gazelle
Why are there rarely more than three or four trophic levels in any food chain?
because there is not enough land for the organisms to live
because there is not enough energy for higher trophic levels
because humans prevent more than three or four levels
because there is not enough solar energy
In an ecosystem which trophic level contains the most energy?
Tertiary Consumera
Secondary Consumers
Primary Consumers
Producers
Which of the following is correctly matched? Mark all that apply
Grass - heterotroph
Mushroom - autotroph
Bacteria - decomposer
Deer - heterotroph
What is the niche of a decomposer?
It provides energy for the ecosystem
it recycles the matter in dead organisms
it consumes primary consumers
it provides the ultimate source of energy
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