Vocab Quiz 2.3

What is the term used to describe a series of steps in which organisms transfer energy by eating and being eaten.

• Food web

• Food chain

• Trophic level

• Biomass

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What is the term for the graphical representation that shows the relative amounts of energy at each trophic level?

• Pyramid of numbers

• Pyramid of biomass

• Pyramid of energy

• Food web

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What does the pyramid of biomass represent in an ecosystem?

• The number of organisms at each trophic level

• The total mass of living matter at each trophic level

• The energy flow at each trophic level

• The food chain sequence

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Which of the following best describes a tertiary consumer?

• An organism that produces its own food

• An organism that obtains its energy from primary consumers

• An organism that obtains its energy from secondary consumers

• An organism that decomposes organic material

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What is the primary focus of a food web?

• To show the energy flow in a single line

• To illustrate a complex network of feeding interactions amongst organisms in an ecosystem

• To measure the biomass at each trophic level

• To count the number of organisms in an ecosystem

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Which of the following is not an example of a trophic level?

• Primary Producer

• Secondary Consumer

• Scavenger

• Primary Consumer

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What does the pyramid of numbers illustrate in an ecosystem?

• The energy flow at each trophic level

• The total mass of living matter at each trophic level

• The number of organisms at each trophic level

• The food chain sequence

Which of the following best describes biomass in an ecological context?

• The total number of organisms in an ecosystem

• The total mass of all living organisms in a given area

• The energy flow through an ecosystem

• The sequence of organisms in a food chain

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Looking at the attached food web, which of the following would be considered a secondary consumer?

• the deer

• the snake

• the grasshopper

• the hawk

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Looking at the attached food web, which of the following would be considered a primary consumer?

• the deer

• the snake

• the frog

• the hawk

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