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What term is used for the stages in a food chain?

Trophic steps

Feeding levels

Trophic levels

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Diagram showing trophic levels with an owl at the top, followed by a snake, rabbits, and grass.

What is the name used to refer to the trophic level highlighted in the diagram above?

Secondary consumer 

Apex predator

Primary consumer 

Producers 

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Diagram showing trophic levels with a hawk, snake, rabbits, and grass.

What is the name used to refer to the trophic level highlighted in the diagram above?

Apex predator

Producers 

Secondary consumer 

Primary consumer 

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What is the name used to refer to the trophic level highlighted in the diagram above?

Producers 

Apex predator

Primary consumer 

Secondary consumer 

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Diagram showing trophic levels with a hawk at the top, followed by a snake, rabbits, and grass.

What is the name used to refer to the trophic level highlighted in the diagram above?

Primary consumer 

Secondary consumer 

Producers 

Apex predator

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Which trophic level contains secondary consumers?

Trophic level 1

Trophic level 2

Trophic level 3

Trophic level 4

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What do the arrows in a food chain show?

How many organisms are at each trophic level

Which organisms are dependent on which 

The transfer of energy & biomass

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What is an omnivore?

An organism which eats only plants 

An organism which eats both plants and animals

An organism which eats only animals

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What is a herbivore?

An organism which eats only plants 

An organism which eats both plants and animals

An organism which eats only animals

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What is a carnivore?

An organism which eats only animals

An organism which eats both plants and animals

An organism which eats only plants 

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What must be true of a primary consumer?

It eats plants or algae

It eats meat and plants

It eats secondary consumers

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Why are food chains usually no longer than five or six trophic levels?

Only ~10% of the energy and biomass is transferred between each level

The predators would have to be too large 

There are fewer prey than predators

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What is a decomposer?

An animal that feeds on other animals 

An animal that is fed on by other animals 

An organism that produces biomass using photosynthesis 

An organism that breaks down dead organisms 

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Illustration showing decomposers including bacteria, fungi, and a cow eating grass.

Which of the following are often decomposers?

(Select all that apply)

Fungi

Bacteria

Animals

Plants 

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Small animals like worms and woodlice that help to break down organic matter into smaller pieces are known as: 

Predators 

Producers 

Herbivores 

Detritivores 

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