Food Web

A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________

• ecosystem

• environment

• food web

• population

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What is an organism that gets its food through eating other sources?

• Consumer

• Autotroph

• Producer

• Decomposer

The fox in this food web would be considered a:

• Secondary consumer

• Tertiary consumer

• Producer

• Primary consumer

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In a food chain, the first link (where the energy begins) is always:

• Primary consumer

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Omnivore

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In an energy pyramid, which part of the food chain has the largest population?

• Primary consumer

• Tertiary consumer

• Secondary consumer

• Producer

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What does a food web represent?

• All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.

• A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 

• The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.

• How carnivores get their food.

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Why is there a limited amount of energy that can be passed on to the next feeding level?

• There is never enough sunlight available. 

• Organisms use some of the energy they get from eating.

• Some ecosystems have limited resources. 

• All the energy is available to be passed on.

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Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming from them in a food web?

• More than one organism may eat them. 

• This organism gets its energy from multiple sources. 

• They may eat more than one other organism. 

• They have no resources available to them.

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The rabbit in this food web would be considered a:

• Decomposer

• Secondary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer

• Primary Consumer

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