Organism Energy Transfers

What do the arrows indicate in a food web?

• What eats what

• Where the energy is being transferred

• How the animals are related

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In this food web, which two organisms could be harmed if the mouse population were to decrease?

• Deer and caterpillar

• Wolf and snake

• Oak and grass

• Hawk and songbird

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In an ecosystem, beetles eat grain, and lizards eat the beetles. Which statement is true?

• Beetles are carnivores.

• Beetles are producers.

• Lizards are decomposers.

• Lizards are consumers.

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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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An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste is a(an) ___________.

• producer

• consumer

• decomposer

• autotroph

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Organisms that create their own energy from sunlight or chemicals

• Herbivore

• Omnivore

• Autotroph

• Heterotroph 

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An organism that uses an outside source of energy like the sun to create energy-rich food molecules.

• Consumer

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Parasite 

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Chemical energy is formed in photosynthesis from what?

• Water and Oxygen

• Radiant Energy and Carbon Dioxide

• Carbon Dioxide, Glucose and Oxygen

• Carbon Dioxide, Water, and Radiant Energy

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The process of plants using energy from the sun to create the first trophic level is called?

• Photosynthesis

• Chemosynthesis

• Cellular Respiratation

• Primary Producers

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What is a consumer?

• An organism that makes it's own food

• An organisms that eats other organisms for energy

• An organism that breaks down dead organisms

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