Cycle of Matter and Energy Transfer in Ecosystems

Look at the food chain: grass > cricket > frog > owl. Which is the primary consumer?

• Grass
• Cricket
• Frog
• Owl

What do the arrows in the food chain show?

• The transfer of energy
• What animals eat
• The order of animal dominance

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A diagram of a food web is shown below.Which organism receives the least amount of energy from the producers?

• Hawk
• Rabbit
• Grasshopper
• Mouse

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Which two organisms compete for the rabbit for energy?

• Mouse and Tree

• Owl and Goat

• Wildcat and Jackal

• Lion and Jackal

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Which of the following is a tertiary consumer from the food web shown?

• Kite

• Owl

• Jackal

• Tree

A food web consists of?

• Many overlapping food chains in an ecosystem.
• A series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.
• Amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another.
• Many types of insects that are stuck.

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An animal that eats both plants and meat is called a

• herbivore

• carnivore

• omnivore

• decomoposer

This type of consumer only feeds on the bodies of dead animals.

• Herbivore.
• Decomposer.
• Carnivore.
• Scavenger

A third-level consumer has to be which type?

• Carnivore.
• Decomposer.
• Producer.
• Herbivore.

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An animal that eats other animals is a....

• carnivore
• omnivore
• herbivore
• decomposer