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A model that shows how energy passes from organism to organism is called a .

food
chain

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Illustration of a seedling sprouting from soil under sunlight representing photosynthesis.

Organisms at the very start of a food chain that can create glucose using photosynthesis are known as .

producers

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Which two of the following groups of organisms are producers?

Plants 

Herbivores 

Apex predators 

Algae

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Which resource do plants not compete for?

Space

Food

Light

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Illustration of a primary consumer cow feeding on grass.

What do primary consumers feed on?

Producers 

Other primary consumers

Secondary producers 

Decomposers 

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consumers are organisms that eat secondary consumers. 

Tertiary

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As energy passes along a food chain, most of the energy is _________.

lost

conserved

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Which is the secondary consumer in the following food chain?


tree → caterpillar → shrew → owl

Owl

Shrew

Caterpillar

Tree

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What is a predator? 

An animal that makes its own food

An animal that is hunted and killed for food by another animal

An animal that hunts and kills other animals for food

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An organism that is killed and eaten by a predator is known as .

prey

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Diagram showing the predator-prey cycle between snakes and rabbits with population changes over time.

The diagram above shows the predator-prey cycle between snakes and rabbits.


increasing / decreasing


  1. At time X, the number of predators is because there is a lot of prey.
  2. At time Y, the number of predators is because there is less prey.
  3. At time Z, the number of prey is because there are now more predators.
increasing
decreasing
decreasing

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