Flow of Energy

The diagram represents different levels of a marine food pyramid. Between which two levels is the greatest amount of energy transferred

• 4 and 5

• 1 and 2

• 2 and 3

• 3 and 4

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The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?

• They point to the organism that is being eaten.

• It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.

• They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. 

• They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

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If additional snakes are introduced into this ecosystem, there will most likely be an immediate decrease in the _________.  

• hawk population

• rabbit population

• wildflower population

• grass population

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The shrew provides energy for the ...?

• cricket

• grasshopper

• frog

• snake

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Matter and energy can flow into and out of a/an...

• atom

• molecule

• closed system

• open system

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The way energy is passed from one organism to another

• food chain

• energy

• extinct

• habitat

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Where do all life forms get their energy?

• Earth's Core

• Water

• Plants

• The Sun

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What might happen if you remove a primary consumer from the ecosystem?

• There would be more food for secondary consumers.

• The number of primary consumers would increase.

• The number of plants would increase.

• The number of secondary consumers would increase.

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What is a trophic level?

• Each energy/food level within a food chain or web.

• Levels of ecosystems that the world is divided into.

• Different levels of nutrients present within an organism.

• The levels of sunlight an autotroph needs to survive. 

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How much energy is available to be passed on to the next trophic level in an ecosystem?

• 100%

• 10%

• 50%

• 75%

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