Energy Flow Chapter

Study Guide for
Energy Flow Test

by Mr. Carrison under the supervision and guidance of Flash the Wonder Hound

1. Ultimately photosynthesis is a process in which light energy is converted to __________________ ____________ (two words)

2. What is GLUCOSE? Write the chemical formula for it.

3. List 5 different examples of an omnivore

4. List 10 different herbivores

5. List 5 APEX predators

6. How are food webs and food chains similar? How are they different?

7. Bottom line, what energy are we tracking as it moves up the energy flow pyramid?

8. Name 5 examples of organisms that live on or in a host and offer nothing in return.

9. All of the above are know as __________________

10. Is the shape of the energy flow pyramid of any importance? Why is it a pyrimid, any shape could have been chosen?

11. What is a tertiary consumer?

12. Name 5 tertiary consumers.

13. From largest populations to smallest, list in order - Primary Order Consumers, Apex Consumers and Second Order Consumers

14. Humans, raccoons, dogs and bears are all _____________ .

15. If you can not MAKE your own food and nutrients you are then a __________.

16. Why are plants called or considered producers?

17. Why are people not producers?

18. Are all consumers carnivores?

19. Are all herbivores vegetarians?

20. With what we have learned this week, what is the SMALLEST ANIMAL population or group in a community?

21. What do decomposers do or what is their niche in an ecosystem?

22. Can you list 5 different decomposers?

23. Be able to list 10 different predators?

24. What is a scavenger? List 5 animals that are scavengers. What do they feed on?

25. Deer, cows and rabbits belong to the same energy flow group. Give three different names for this group.

26. List three different names for the bottom organisms of the energy flow pyramid.

27. Have you visited the DOE's MCAS question review web page?

28. True or False ------ Gabby is kewl!

29. Below is a picture of what type of animal? Give 4 different names/groups! THINK.

30. Does this guy belong to some of the same groups as the animal above? Is so which one(s)?

31. Tiki and Flash belong to what energy flow group?

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