Vocabulary
Producers
Food web/chains
Energy Transfer
MISC
100
Organisms that get energy by eating other organisms
Consumers
100
Where plants get their energy
What is the sun
100
In a food chain energy pyramid, what group is at the base or bottom?
a) consumers
b) producers
c) animals
d) the sun
producers
100
Food webs illustrate…
A) that energy passes from organism to organism.
B) where animals live.
C) the difference in spiders.
D) the process of photosynthesis
A) that energy passes from organism to organism.
100
Which of the following choices represents two consumers?
grass and grasshopper
rabbit and dog
mushroom and frog
4. turtle and flower
rabbit and dog
200
An organism that produces its own food
What is a producer
200
A plant absorbs the sun’s energy through its leaves. What two things are also required for the plant to make its own food?
a) water
b) iodine
c) carbon dioxide
d) salt
Water and carbon dioxide
200
A simple food chain is shown.
What is the source of energy in this food chain?
The sun
200
Which choice correctly explains the path of energy through a food web?
A. wolf -> plant -> deer
B. plant -> rabbit -> deer
C. plant -> rabbit -> cougar
D. cougar -> rabbit -> wolf
C. plant -> rabbit -> cougar
200
Consumers, producers, and decomposers are all
a) carnivores
b) abiotic
c) omnivores
d) biotic
Biotic
300
Which of the following is an example of something that is abiotic?
a) a flower
b) a rock
c) mushrooms
d) a mouse
A rock
300
Which best describes the role of a producer in an ecosystem?
A) A producer supplies light for the consumers in the ecosystem.
B) A producer supplies water for the consumers in the ecosystem.
C) A producer supplies oxygen for the consumers in the ecosystem.
D) A producer supplies energy for the consumers in the ecosystem.
D) A producer supplies energy for the consumers in the ecosystem.
300
Which of these organisms would be most likely to occur at the top of the energy pyramid?
A) Sardines
B) Kelp
C) Coyotes
D) Clams
C) Coyotes
300
There would be more rabbits.
There would be fewer rabbits.
More grass would grow.
Less grass would grow.
There would be more rabbits.
300
Which statement is true?
A) All decomposers are living organisms.
B) All decomposers are abiotic.
C) All decomposers are carnivores.
D) All decomposers are producers.
A) All decomposers are living organisms.
400
An organism that is biotic and breaks down dead material is commonly known as
A decomposer
400
Which abiotic factor MUST be present for a plant to continue to perform photosynthesis?
A) Water
B) Sunlight
C) Air
D) Rocks
Sunlight
400
What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
A. A food chain is larger than a food web
B. A food chain is the combination of all the food webs in an ecosystem
C. A food web is smaller than a food chain
D. A food web is the combination of all the food chains in an ecosystem
A food web is the combination of all the food chains in an ecosystem
400
Kelp to have less food.
Crabs to have more food.
Sea ducks to have less food.
Arctic foxes to have more food.
Sea ducks to have less food.
400
Which of the following is an example of a
1) Decomposer 2) Producer 3) Consumer
A) 1) Mold 2) Cricket 3) Fungi
B) 1) Grass 2) Cricket 3) Spider
C) 1) Snake 2) Spider 3) Fly
D) 1) Mushroom 2) Grass 3) Cricket
D) 1) Mushroom 2) Grass 3) Cricket
500
Examples of this include living things such as plants, bacteria, and animals
Biotic factors
500
The process where plants use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to produce their own food.
What is photosynthesis
500
The number of bass will increase.
The number of crayfish will decrease.
The Crayfish will get their energy directly from the sun.
The number of bass and ospreys will increase.
The number of crayfish will decrease.
500
In an energy pyramid, what group is at the top?
A) Decomposers
B) Producers
C) Primary Consumers
D) Tertiary Consumers
Tertiary Consumers
500
Name the secondary consumer in this food chain.
Mouse