NW's 2024 ES 5.2 Quiz - The Cycling of Materials

First Name

Last Name

Class Period

• 2
• 4
• 6

1) What is a sequence in which energy is transferred form on organism to the next as each organism eats another organism?

• Circle of life
• Food chain
• Food web
• Trophic level

2) Which of the following shows any feeding relationships that are possible in an ecosystem?

• Circle of life
• Food chain
• Food web
• Trophic level

3) What are the steps in the transfer of energy through a food chain or food web in an ecosystem called?

• Circle of life
• Food chain
• Food web
• Trophic levels

4) Where do all life forms get their energy?

• The Earth's hot core
• The Sun
• Plants
• Water

5) What do primary consumers eat?

• Tertiary consumers
• Secondary consumers
• Producers
• Other primary consumers

6) True or False. In this Food Web Pyramid the consumers on each level only get about 10 percent of energy that the plants have stored.

• True
• False

7) An organism that lives by breaking apart dead organic matter into simpler parts is...

• Producer
• Decomposer
• Consumer
• Scavenger