Energy Flow in Food Web

A consumer gets energy by

• Absorbing sunlight
• Breaking down dead organisms 
• Soaking it up from the ground.
• Feeding on other organisms.

A food chain shows

• How energy passes from consumers to producers
• The amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another in a food web.
• The flow of energy through a series of organisms
• biotic and abiotic factors in an area.

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A carnivore eats

• dead plants
• waste material
• living plants
• animals

The organisms which break down organic wastes and dead organisms are

• Consumers
• Producers
• Scavengers
• Decomposers

A diagram which shows the amount of energy that moves from one trophic (energy) level to another is

• an Energy Pyramid
• a Food Web
• an Ecosystem
• a Food Chain

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This type of consumer obtains all of its energy by eating only producers.

• Primary
• Secondary
• Tertiary
• Quaternary

Can obtain energy from several trophic (energy) levels

• A producer
• A primary consumer
• A decomposer
• A herbivore

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An organism that eats only plants

• producer
• herbivore
• omnivore
• carnivore

A mushroom is an example of a...

• decomposer
• scavenger
• producer
• carnivore

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A palm tree is an example of a....

• producer
• consumer
• herbivore
• decomposer