Food Webs Cycling of Matter and Flow of Energy

Where do animals get their energy?

• by eating plants

• by eating other animals

• from the sun

• from nutrients in the ground

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Worms break down dead plants in the soil to release nutrients. Which property of nutrients shows that they are matter?

• Nutrients are warm.

• Nutrients have mass.

• Nutrients can do work.

• Nutrients contain energy.

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What happens to carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere when we burn fossil fuels?

• carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere rise

• carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere fall

• carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere stay the same

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What is the fruit fly's highest trophic level?

• Primary

• Secondary

• Tertiary

• Quaternary

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What organisms are at the bottom of an energy pyramid?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Scavenger

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In the food chain below, which is the producer?

grass --> mouse --> snake --> hawk

• grass

• mouse

• snake

• hawk

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Which is the correct sequence to show how organisms live in an environment?

• decomposer -> consumer -> producer

• consumer -> decomposer -> producer

• producer -> decomposer -> consumer

• producer -> consumer -> decomposer

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How much energy will transfer to the rabbit after eating a blueberry bush?

• .1%

• 10%

• 100%

• 1%

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Where do crickets get their energy?

• Cattails

• Marsh Grass

• Grasshoppers

• Shrews

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What does this diagram display?

• The predator-prey relationship between vertebrates

• The movement of energy throughout an ecosystem

• The changing types of organisms in a forest

• The standard lifespan of trees and animals

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