Go to the Quizzes Page Flow of Energy 0% 706 Created by AbuBakrShalabi Please write your name and email to receive your certificate. 1 / 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. 2 / 15 It is a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another. Food web Food Chain Food waste Food cycle 3 / 15 Organisms that break down dead organic material and wastes producers primary consumer secondary consumer decomposers 4 / 15 Maggots feed on dead and decaying organisms for energy. What are maggots? decomposers heterotrophs producers autotrophs 5 / 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 cycle Food chain Food waste Food web 6 / 15 They only eat plants. herbivores vegetarians carnivores omnivores 7 / 15 Which of the following is used by plants to make their own food? Photosynthesis Cellular respiration Law of conservation of energy Food chain 8 / 15 How is energy transferred from one organism to another? When consumers do photosynthesis When one organism eats another When producers do photosynthesis When producers eat consumers 9 / 15 They are usually herbivores and plant-eaters. producers secondary consumer tertiary consumer primary consumer 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? Carnivores are too large to be eaten. Energy is lost at each trophic level. Plants are not infinite in number. Producers are limited by consumers. 11 / 15 Producers The total number of animal and plant species in an ecosystem. The nonliving, physical factors that affect the living components in an ecosystem. Organisms that can make their own food, usually green plants. The living components of an ecosystem. 12 / 15 What are the PRODUCERS in this food web? Grass and Mouse Rabbit and Mouse Snake and Hawk Wildflowers and Grass 13 / 15 The organisms that eat the primary consumers are called _________? producers secondary consumer tertiary consumer primary consumer 14 / 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 increase, snakes will increase Frogs will decrease, snakes will decrease Frogs will decrease, snakes will increase Frogs will increase, snakes will decrease 15 / 15 An organism that eats plants and animals omnivore carnivore herbivore vegetarian Your score is 0% Restart quiz Go to the Quizzes Page