Chapter 2 practice

As you go up the levels of the trophic pyramid, which of the following is true?

• There are more organisms and more energy

• There are more organisms and less energy

• There are less organisms and more energy

• There are less organisms and less energy

An animal that eats another animal is called...

• Prey

• Organism

• Predator

• Mammal

All of the living and non-living things and how they interact with each other in a shared community.

• ecosystem

• biotic

• abiotic

• essential

Which statement describes one way in which living organisms in a desert ecosystem interact with nonliving things in the ecosystem?

• Sunlight warms soil on the Earth's surface

• Plants get nutrients from the soil

• Sunlight produces light which causes rocks to have shadows

• Desert birds eat seeds found in the sand

Energy moves through a food chain from producers to consumers.

• True
• False

Photosynthesis is responsible for growth in plants.

• True
• False

Consumers are able to make their own food.

• True
• False

Energy is lost at each level of food chain.

• True
• False

_____ is the source of energy for almost all life on Earth.

• Food
• Water
• Sun
• Air

______________ show(s) how energy and nutrients are transferred from one organism to another in an ecosystem.

• Food Webs
• Food Chains
• Photosynthesis
• Cycles