Apes Biomagnification

In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in each level gets lost as heat or used by the organism for survival?

• 80%
• 90%
• 10%
• 20%

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The collective mass of all living things in a particular area or at a specific trophic level of an ecosystem is known as...

• Population Size

• Biomagnification

• Biomass

• Apex Trophism

Which organism in the food web shown to the right would

contain the lowest concentration of chemical pollutants?

• producers

• primary consumers

• secondary consumers

• tertiary consumers

Which animal is the apex predator?

• hawk
• lizard
• snake
• grass

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The phenomenon by which toxins concentrate in the organisms at higher trophic levels within an ecosystem is known as...

• Biotoxicity

• Biomagnification

• Eutrophication

• Predation

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What does a food web represent?

• All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
• The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
• A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
• How carnivores get their food. 

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The efficiency of energy transfer from a lower trophic level to the next highest level is roughly

• 1%
• 10%
• 100%
• 1000%

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_____________ is the increase in concentration of a pollutant in a food chain

• Bioaccumulation

• Biomagnification

___________ is the increase in concentration of a pollutant in an organism

• Bioaccumulation

• Biomagnification

When you consume an organism, you only receive 10% of the energy, but how much of the toxins do you receive?

• All of the toxins

• 10% toxins

• 1% toxins

• None of the toxins

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