Ecology: Food Webs and Energy Flow

Which of the following can be regarded as secondary consumers? Mark all that apply

• Wildflowers

• Rabbit

• Mouse

• Snake

• Hawk

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What do the arrows in the food web represent? Mark all that apply

• The trophic level

• Transfer of energy

• Transfer of matter

• The feeding level

• The amount of energy available

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How much energy is transferred from one trophic level to the next? For example, how much energy is transferred from plants to herbivores.

• 0%

• 1%

• 50%

• 10%

• 100%

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Plants are…Mark all that apply

• Autotrophs

• Heterotrophs

• Decomposers

• Consumers

• Producers

What is the ultimate source of energy for most ecosystems?

• The moon

• The producers

• The autotrophs

• The sun

• The decomposers

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Which of the following is a predator prey relationship from the food web?

• The hawk and snake

• The hawk and grass

• The snake and wildflowers

• The mouse and grass

• The rabbits and wildflowers

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Rabbits and mice have the same habitat and the same niche. What kind of community interaction do the rabbits and mice display?

• Symbiosis

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Competition

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Which organism from the food web can occupy more than one trophic level?

• Mouse

• Rabbit

• Snake

• Hawk

• Wildflower

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If the wildflowers have 8452 kcal of energy, how many kcal of energy is available to the snake?

• 8452

• 845.2

• 84.52

• 8.452

• 0.8452

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Which of the following terms encompasses all of the others?

• Hetertroph

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Tertiary Consumer

• Decomposer

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