Go to the Quizzes Page Flow of Energy 0% 654 Created by AbuBakrShalabi Please write your name and email to receive your certificate. 1 / 15 Maggots feed on dead and decaying organisms for energy. What are maggots? producers heterotrophs decomposers autotrophs 2 / 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 the Sun. Yes, because they both get energy from breaking down dead organisms. No, because they are different species. No, because they look different from each other. 3 / 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 increase, snakes will increase Frogs will decrease, snakes will increase Frogs will increase, snakes will decrease 4 / 15 Organisms that break down dead organic material and wastes primary consumer secondary consumer producers decomposers 5 / 15 Producers Organisms that can make their own food, usually green plants. The nonliving, physical factors that affect the living components in an ecosystem. The total number of animal and plant species in an ecosystem. The living components of an ecosystem. 6 / 15 The organisms that eat the primary consumers are called _________? primary consumer producers secondary consumer tertiary consumer 7 / 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? Energy is lost at each trophic level. Plants are not infinite in number. Producers are limited by consumers. Carnivores are too large to be eaten. 8 / 15 They are usually herbivores and plant-eaters. primary consumer secondary consumer tertiary consumer producers 9 / 15 What are the PRODUCERS in this food web? Grass and Mouse Snake and Hawk Wildflowers and Grass Rabbit and Mouse 10 / 15 Which of the following is used by plants to make their own food? Food chain Cellular respiration Photosynthesis Law of conservation of energy 11 / 15 How is energy transferred from one organism to another? When producers do photosynthesis When producers eat consumers When one organism eats another When consumers do photosynthesis 12 / 15 They only eat plants. omnivores herbivores vegetarians carnivores 13 / 15 An organism that eats plants and animals omnivore carnivore herbivore vegetarian 14 / 15 It is a linear sequence of organisms through which nutrients and energy pass as one organism eats another. Food waste Food Chain Food cycle Food web 15 / 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 web Food waste Your score is 0% Restart quiz Go to the Quizzes Page