Energy Flow in Ecosystems Quiz

Organisms that make their own food

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Organisms that obtain energy by feeding on other organisms

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

Tags

NGSS.5-LS2-1

NGSS.5-PS3-1

Organisms that break down wastes and dead organisms and return the raw materials to the environment

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Consumers that eat only plants

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

• Herbivores

• Scavengers

Tags

NGSS.5-LS2-1

Consumers that eat only animals

• Carnivores

• Omnivores

• Herbivores

• Scavengers

Consumers that eat both plants and animals

• Omnivores

• Carnivores

• Herbivores

• Scavengers

A food _______ is a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.

• chain

• web

• pyramid

• plate

Tags

NGSS.5-LS2-1

In the food web above, what eats the rabbit?

• Fox

• Hawk

• Vole

• Grass

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In the food web above, what organism is missing from this food chain:

Grass --> Slug --> ________ --> Hawk

• Vole

• Frog

• Insect

• Thrush

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Looking at the chart below what type of organism is the Alaskan brown bear?

• Carnivore

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Decomposer