Go to the Quizzes Page Flow of Energy 0% 903 Created by AbuBakrShalabi Please write your name and email to receive your certificate. 1 / 15 They are usually herbivores and plant-eaters. secondary consumer tertiary consumer producers primary consumer 2 / 15 Which of the following is used by plants to make their own food? Photosynthesis Cellular respiration Food chain Law of conservation of energy 3 / 15 Maggots feed on dead and decaying organisms for energy. What are maggots? autotrophs heterotrophs decomposers producers 4 / 15 It is a detailed description of the species within a community and their relationships with each other; it shows how energy is transferred up food chains that are interlinked with other food chains. Food web Food chain Food cycle Food waste 5 / 15 In an ecosystem, snakes feed on frogs, which feed on mosquitoes. Use of a bug spray has decreased the number of mosquitoes. What will probably happen to the number of frogs and snakes? Frogs will decrease, snakes will decrease Frogs will decrease, snakes will increase Frogs will increase, snakes will decrease Frogs will increase, snakes will increase 6 / 15 They only eat plants. vegetarians carnivores herbivores omnivores 7 / 15 What are the PRODUCERS in this food web? Grass and Mouse Rabbit and Mouse Wildflowers and Grass Snake and Hawk 8 / 15 An organism that eats plants and animals carnivore herbivore omnivore vegetarian 9 / 15 Mushrooms get energy from breaking down dead organisms. Are mold and mushrooms the same type of organism? Yes, because they both get energy from breaking down dead organisms. Yes, because they both get energy from the Sun. No, because they are different species. No, because they look different from each other. 10 / 15 Food chains show energy transfer between organisms. The size of a food chain can vary, yet there is a limit to the number of levels that a food chain can reach. Why is there a limit to the number of levels that a food chain can reach? Plants are not infinite in number. Carnivores are too large to be eaten. Producers are limited by consumers. Energy is lost at each trophic level. 11 / 15 The organisms that eat the primary consumers are called _________? secondary consumer tertiary consumer producers primary consumer 12 / 15 It is a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another. Food web Food Chain Food cycle Food waste 13 / 15 How is energy transferred from one organism to another? When producers eat consumers When one organism eats another When consumers do photosynthesis When producers do photosynthesis 14 / 15 Organisms that break down dead organic material and wastes primary consumer producers decomposers secondary consumer 15 / 15 Producers Organisms that can make their own food, usually green plants. The total number of animal and plant species in an ecosystem. The nonliving, physical factors that affect the living components in an ecosystem. The living components of an ecosystem. Your score is 0% Restart quiz Go to the Quizzes Page