Food Webs and Energy Pyramids

What might happen if you remove a primary consumer from the ecosystem?

• There would be more food for secondary consumers.
• The number of primary consumers would increase.
• The number of plants would increase.
• The number of secondary consumers would increase.

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What percentage of energy is passed on to each tropic level?

• 10%
• 50%
• 90%
• 100%

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How do producers obtain energy?

• They conduct photosynthesis.
• They consume plants.
• They consume primary consumers.
• They consume secondary consumers.

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What does a Primary Consumer eat?

• Tertiary Consumers
• Secondary Consumers
• Producers

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Consumer that eats plants

• heterotroph
• herbivore
• producer
• community

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Which of the following is NOT a consumer

• grass
• dog
• shark
• fish

Which of these energy roles is always located at the bottom of an energy pyramid?

• Producer
• Second-Level Carnivores
• Herbivores.
• First-Level Consumers.

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Which of the following organisms can be both a secondary and a tertiary consumer?

• Lizard and small reptiles

• badgers

• ground squirrels

• mountain lion

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As you work your way up the energy pyramid, what happens to the energy?

• It increases

• It decreases

• It stays the same

• Nothing

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

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

• Vole

• Frog

• Insect

• Thrush

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