Ecology

Consumer that eats plants

• heterotroph
• herbivore
• producer
• community

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Series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten

• foodweb
• consumer
• food chain
• omnivore

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All the organisms in a particular location, including their nonliving environment

• ecosystem
• carnivore
• niche
• population

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What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?

• The insects in the habitat would increase.
• The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.
• The willow tree population would decrease.
• Foxes would dies due to no food source. 

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In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in the producers gets passed to the herbivores?

• 10%
• 20%
• 80%
• 90%

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In the food web shown, the snail would be considered...

• primary consumer
• secondary consumer
• tertiary consumer
• producer

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An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

• Autotroph
• Producer
• Consumer
• Mutualist

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What does a food web represent?

• All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
• The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
• A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
• How carnivores get their food. 

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Where an organism lives

• habitat
• niche 
• heterotrogh
• biosphere

What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?

• energy path
• food web
• trophic level
• food pyramid