Food Webs and Feeding Relationships Pre-Assessment

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What is the process called by which plants use energy from the sun to create food?

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Photosynthesis

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What percentage of energy is typically lost as heat or used by organisms for survival at each trophic level?

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90%

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What is the trophic level of primary consumers in a food web?

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2nd

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In an ecosystem, what is the role of a producer?

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Producers, such as plants, create energy through photosynthesis.

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What percentage of energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next?

Back

10%

Front

What are the primary producers in a food web?

Back

Plants

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What is a food web?

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A food web is a complex network of feeding relationships among organisms in an ecosystem.

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What is a primary consumer?

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A primary consumer is an organism that eats primary producers (plants).

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What is a secondary consumer?

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A secondary consumer is an organism that eats primary consumers.

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What is a tertiary consumer?

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A tertiary consumer is an organism that eats secondary consumers.