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Energy Flow through an Ecosystem

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Last updated 9 months ago
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Question 1
1.

Classify each organism as either an autotroph or heterotroph.

  • Makes their own energy from sunlight
  • Milkweed
  • human
  • Venus Fly Trap
  • producers
  • consumers
  • cows
  • herbivores
  • Makes their own energy from inorganic compounds
  • eats other organisms to get energy
  • Autotroph
  • Heterotroph
Question 2
2.

Select all the organisms that are producers.

Question 3
3.

Select all the organisms that are consumers.

Question 4
4.
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Trophic Level
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Only eat producers
Secondary Consumer
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Only eat other consumers
Carnivore
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Eat both producers & consumers
Primary Consumer
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Eat bits of dead matter
Detritivore
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a step in an ecological pyramid
Omnivore
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an organism that makes its own energy
Primary Producer
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typically a herbivore, that eats primary producers & is in the second trophic level
3rd Level Consumer
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typically a carnivore or omnivore, that eats primary consumers
Herbivore
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primarily feeds on secondary consumers & occupies the highest trophic level
Question 5
5.

Make a food chain showing both a producer & consumer.

Question 6
6.

Make a food web showing at least 2 consumers & 2 producers.

Question 7
7.

Which level in an ecological pyramid typically has the most energy?

Question 8
8.

What happens to energy as it moves up the pyramid?

Question 9
9.

Which is NOT a level in an ecological pyramid?

Question 10
10.
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