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1. The food web above shows the interaction between organisms in a forest biome. Which
of the following is a producer?
a. Goat
b. Owl
c. Tree
d. Rabbit
a. Rabbit
b. Jackal
c. Owl
d. Snake
3. Top consumers in an ecosystem have little to no predators. Which of the following are
top consumers?
4. In which level of the energy pyramid is there the least amount of energy available?
a. Tertiary consumers
b. Secondary consumers
c. Primary consumers
d. Primary producers
e.
5. The pyramid above represents the amount of energy available to organisms at each level of
the community. How much energy is transferred at each step?
a. 100%
b. 10%
c. 90%
d. 50%
6. At each stage of energy transfer in an ecosystem, some energy is lost to the environment. In
what form is energy lost to the environment?
a. Heat
b. ATP
c. Consumption
d. Photosynthesis
9. In one cubic meter of the ocean, photosynthetic plankton produces 80,000 calories of energy
each year. How many calories of energy are available in the bodies of the creatures that eat that
plankton?
a. 80,000
b. 8,000
c. 800
d. 80
10. In most food chains, all of the energy originally comes from:
a. Sun
b. Dead matter that’s been recycled by decomposers
c. Heat from deep within the Earth
d. Plants
11. In a marine food chain, small fish eat plankton, big fish eat small fish, and sharks eat big fish.
Which organism has the smallest population?
a. The plankton
b. The small fish
c. The big fish
d. The sharks
a. Decomposition
b. Respiration
c. Water Cycle
d. Photosynthesis