Energy in the Ecosystem

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Science

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6th - 8th Grade

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NGSS

MS-LS2-3, MS-LS2-2, MS-LS1-6

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Cereese Stewart

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Energy in the Ecosystem

By Cereese Stewart

Multiple Choice

All energy on Earth ultimately comes from what source?

Water

Sun

Consumers

Oxygen

Multiple Choice

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

Autotroph

Producer

Consumer

Mutualist

Multiple Choice

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

Producer

Heterotroph

Consumer

Decomposer

Multiple Choice

What does a food chain represent?

How all living organisms within a habitat are connected.

All of the things that a particular animal eats.

How plants create their own food.

A single path of energy transfer within a habitat.

Multiple Choice

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.

Multiple Choice

What does a food web represent?

All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.

The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.

A single pathway or energy flow between organisms.

How carnivores get their food.

Multiple Choice

Which is a producer?

deer

tall grass

lion

worm

Multiple Choice

What is this called?

Food Web

Food Chain

Abiotic Factors

Multiple Choice

What is this called?

Food Web

Food Chain

Abiotic Factors

Multiple Choice

An organism that lives by breaking apart dead organic matter into simpler parts is...

scavenger

consumer

decomposer

carnivore

Multiple Choice

An animal that eats other animals is a....

carnivore

omnivore

herbivore

decomposer

Multiple Choice

In a food web, arrows point at:

who gets energy.

who gets eaten.

Multiple Choice

What is missing from this food chain?
Grass > Grasshopper > Bird > Snake

Producer

Primary Consumer

Secondary Consumer

Decomposer

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is a herbivore?

cricket

frog

hawk

shrew

Multiple Choice

__________ is an organism that eats BOTH plants and animals for energy.

Omnivore

Darnivore

Carnivore

Herbiovre

Multiple Select

Click on the image to make it larger-- Choose the living things that are producers...

wildflowers

rabbit

snake

grass

Multiple Choice

A cow eats grass found in its habitat. A cow is a

producer

consumer

herbivore

Multiple Choice

If the grasshopper were to be removed completely from the food web, what organism would be most effected?

The squirrel

The shrew

The deer

The rabbit

Multiple Select

Click on the image to make it larger-- Choose all that apply: The hawk gets energy from...

mouse

rabbit

wildflowers

snake

Multiple Select

Click on the image to make it larger--The rabbit gets energy from the ....

hawk

mouse

wildflowers

grass

Multiple Select

Click on the imgae to make it larger-- Choose the herbivores in the food web....

hawk

mouse

rabbit

snake

Multiple Choice

Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming from them in a food web?

More than one organism may eat them.

They may eat more than one other organism.

This organism gets its energy from multiple sources.

Multiple Choice

The shrew provides energy for the _______?

cricket

grasshopper

frog

snake

Multiple Choice

In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in the producers gets passed to the herbivores?

10%

20%

80%

90%

Multiple Choice

What is the bottom layer of the an energy pyramid?

producer

tertiary consumer

Secondary consumer

primary consumer

Multiple Choice

the top layer of an energy pyramid a primary consumer?

true

false

Multiple Choice

In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the most energy available?

Producers

Carnivores

Herbivores

Top Predator

Multiple Choice

In the energy pyramid below, which organism has the least amount of energy available?

Producers

Herbivores

Carnivores

Top Predator

Multiple Choice

Which organism recieves the least amount of energy from the producer?

Owl

Grasshopper

Lilypad

Mouse

Multiple Choice

Which level will contain plants?

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