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Ecology - Food Webs and Symbiosis
Ecology - Food Webs and Symbiosis
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food web, food chain, ecology
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1
Which is NOT a producer?
bacteria
plant
animals
algae
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Animals who eat dead organisms for their food are called ________.
autotrophs
scavengers
decomposers
heterotrophs
3
Which is a secondary consumer?
hawk
cricket
shrew
marsh grass
4
Which is a biotic factor that we need?
food
oxygen
sunlight
water
5
Who does the hawk get energy from?
marsh grass
cricket
shrew
frog
6
Which is an abiotic factor we need to live?
other animals
autotrophs
water
food
7
What is one step in a food chain called?
producer
consumer level
decomposer
trophic level
8
What is the process of a plant making food called?
food web making
chemosynthesis
biogenesis
photosynthesis
9
Heterotrophs are ___
organisms that make their own food
herbivores
self-feeders
organisms that rely on others for food
10
What is one pathway of energy flow in a food web called?
a trophic level
a food chain
a feeding pattern
a pyramid step
11
Organisms that break down and absorb the nutrients of dead organisms are _________.
detritivores
autotrophs
decomposers
herbivores
12
How much energy is passed from one level to the next in a food chain?
10%
90%
1%
100%
13
What do we need nitrogen for?
breathing
building body part (proteins)
carbohydrates
hydration
14
Grass-->Worm-->Raccoon-->Wolf Who is the tertiary consumer?
worm
grass
raccoon
wolf
15
Grass-->Worm-->Raccoon-->Eagle How much of the grass's energy is left for the eagle?
10%
.1%
.01%
100%
16
What ultimately provides the energy for a food web?
herbivores
decomposers
sunlight
producers
17
An animal who eat plants and other animals is known as a _____________.
detritivore
omnivore
carnivore
herbivore
18
Which is a biotic factor in an ecosystem?
nitrogen gas
water
radish seed
carbon dioxide
19
Sunlight, water and ___ are need by a plant to make food?
carbon dioxide
nitrogen
oxygen
bacteria
20
What are animals who consume other organisms called ?
carnivores
consumers
omnivores
herbivores
21
What is another word for autotroph?
carnivore
herbivore
producer
heterotroph
22
A dead organism is known as a ___factor?
heterotrophic
abiotic
biotic
decomposing
23
What happens to the energy as it moves through a food web?
it becomes heat
in doubles
it is used up
it increases
24
Organisms that eat plants are called?
autotrophs
herbivores
carnivores
omnivores
25
The study of living things and their environment is called?
chemistry
biology
photosynthesis
ecology
26
What is another name for a producer?
autotroph
herbivore
heterotroph
carnivore
27
Most of the energy from one trophic level is converted to __________?
sound
heat
gamma waves
light
28
What do you call an organism who eats primary consumers?
secondary consumers
primary producers
decomposers
tertiary consumers
29
The area of Earth that can support life is called the ____________.
population
ecosystem
biome
biosphere
30
What type of organism eats only plants?
carnivores
herbivores
omnivores
decomposers
31
What would the sun be?
a combination of biotic and abiotic
biotic
neither biotic or abiotic
abiotic
32
Which is a community?
Geese and grass on the practice field at Chiles
whales, jellyfish, water, and oxygen in the ocean
people in Tallahassee
grass between the 700 and 800 building
33
Which of these has the most energy?
primary producer
secondary consumer
primary consumer
tertiary consumer
34
All of the feeding relationships in an ecosystem are referred to as a ____________.
food chain
food pathway
trophic level
food web