Energy Flow Review

The largest group of organisms found in an energy pyramid would be...

• producers

• primary consumers

• secondary consumers

• apex predators

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Where does the energy start in this food chain?

• Plant

• Sun

• Deer

• Wolf

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Energy for a food chain comes from the ____.

• Sun

• Trees

• Clouds

• Grass

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A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another is termed..

• energy pyramid

• adaptation

• autotroph

• food web

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An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

• Autotroph

• Producer

• Consumer

• Mutualist

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An organism that uses sunlight to create its own food is known as a:

• Producer

• Heterotroph

• Consumer

• Decomposer

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Plants make their own food, so they are called ___.

• consumers

• decomposers

• animals

• producers

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The snake is a ___?

• Primary Producer

• Tertiary Consumer

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

Answer explanation

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The approximate amount of energy lost as heat as energy is passed to the next trophic level?

• 10%

• 40%

• 50%

• 90%

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How much energy will be available to the tertiary consumer in the food pyramid?

• 10 kJ

• 1000 kJ

• 100 kJ

• 10000 kJ

Answer explanation

Each level only gets 10% of the energy from the level before it, so drop a 0 as you go to the next level.

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