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The 4th consumer in a food chain is called a...
a) quaternary consumer
b) tertiary consumer
c) secondary consumer
d) primary consumer

This law states that energy can never be created or destroyed in ordinary processes. Energy can change forms, but it is neither created nor destroyed.
a) Law of Conservation of Energy
b) Law of Conservation of Matter (Mass)
c)
d)

Matter can't be created or destroyed, it only can change forms.
a) Law of Conservation of Matter (Mass)
b) Law of Conservation of Energy
c)
d)

the position an organism occupies in a food chain
a) trophic level
b) food chain
c) food web
d) energy pyramid

a diagram that shows the amount of energy at each trophic level and how much energy is passed on to each trophic level.
a) energy pyramid
b) food chain
c) food web
d) trophic level

a group of interconnected food chains
a) food web
b) energy pyramid
c)
d)

This describes the feeding relationship and energy flow between species within an ecosystem
a) food chain
b) food web
c)
d)

Where does the energy for food chains, food webs, and energy pyramids come from?
a) the sun
b) volcanoes
c) the ocean
d) the clouds

Chewing and grinding food and then using acids and digestive enzymes to break down food to absorb and carry energy to cells.
a) digestion
b) photosynthesis
c) cellular respiration
d) oxidation

Consumers that eat only plants.
a) herbivore
b) omnivore
c) carnivore
d) scavenger

Consumers that eat only animals.
a) carnivore
b) omnivore
c) herbivore
d) producer

Animals that get energy by eating other organisms. They can't make their own food from sunlight.
a) consumer
b) producer
c) plant
d) autotroph

Organisms that use the sun's energy to make their own food. These are at the beginning of a food chain.
a) producer
b) consumer
c) herbivore
d) carnivore

Consumers that eat both plants and animals.
a) omnivore
b) scavenger
c) herbivore
d) carnivore

Consumers that feed on the bodies of dead organisms.
a) scavenger
b) herbivore
c) carnivore
d) omnivore

Organisms that feed on the wastes and dead plants and animals. They return nutrients back to the soil for producers to use.
a) decomposer
b) consumer
c) producer
d) scavenger

These are the third consumers in a food chain. They eat the secondary consumers. They are usually carnivores, but sometimes can be omnivores.
a) tertiary consumer
b) primary consumer
c) secondary consumer
d) quaternary consumer

These are the second consumers in a food chain. They eat the primary consumers. They can be carnivores or omnivores.
a) secondary consumer
b) primary consumer
c) tertiary consumer
d) quaternary consumer

These are the first consumers in a food chain. These are the animals that eat the producers.
a) primary consumer
b) secondary consumer
c) tertiary consumer
d) quaternary consumer

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