The Flow of Energy Drives the Cycling of Matter in Ecosystem

Which organism is likely to be at the beginning of a food chain for a pond?

• Sunfish
• Freshwater shrimp
• Paramecium
• Green Algae

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What is indicated by the diagram?

• Food web
• Food chain
• Food map
• Food menu

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An organism that eats both plants and animals is known as a(n)

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Herbivore

• Decomposer

What is the first source of energy for almost all food webs?

• Plants

• Sunlight

• Mineral in the soil

• Decomposers

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What organisms are at the bottom of an energy pyramid?

• Producer
• Consumer
• Decomposer
• Scavenger

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How much energy is passed on to each trophic level in an energy pyramid?

• 10%
• 90%
• 50%
• 80%

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Which organisms have the most available energy in an energy pyramid?

• Producers

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Detritivores

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Where do crickets get their energy?

• Cattails
• Marsh Grass
• Grasshoppers
• Shrews

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If additional snakes are introduced into this ecosystem, there will most likely be an immediate decrease in the _________.  

• hawk population
• rabbit population
• wildflower population
• grass population

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Energy CANNOT be...

• Given to your friend

• Lost to the environment as heat

• Created or destroyed

• transferred to the surroundings

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