Practice Pyramid Of Energy (5.3) - Pyramid of Number

Practise this section

8 questions

Flashcard drill
3 cards from this section. Quick, good the night before a test.
Exercise
6 questions · about 4 min · pass mark 70%. Hints available.
Sign up to start the exercise
Quiz
2 questions · about 1 min · pass mark 70%. Hints available.
Sign up to start the quiz

6 sample questions

Question 1.
What is a producer in an ecosystem?
Show hintHide hint
Think of plants and their ability to use sunlight.
Question 2.
What type of shape does the Pyramid of Energy usually have?
Show hintHide hint
How does energy move within an ecosystem?
3Question 3.
What shape does the Pyramid of Energy have?
- Upright
- Inverted
- Flat
Show hintHide hint
Think about where energy starts and where it ends.
4Question 4.
True or False: Energy can be fully transferred from one trophic level to another.
- True
- False
Show hintHide hint
Consider why some animals may not survive if their food source is depleted.
Question 5.
Design an experiment to measure the energy content at different trophic levels in a given ecosystem. What methods would you use?
Show hintHide hint
Consider using both direct measurement and observational studies.
Question 6.
Debate the implications of a disrupted energy pyramid caused by overfishing in an ecosystem. What could happen to the entire food web?
Show hintHide hint
Think about the interconnectedness of various trophic levels in the ecosystem.

4 more questions in this section. Enroll free to practise them all.