A. A diagram that represents the
number of organisms at each
trophic level
A. Producers
Q. What substance do plants
possess that allows them to carry
out photosynthesis?
Q. If all the tertiary consumers were
removed (e.g. by disease) what
would happen to the secondary
consumers?
A. Chlorophyll
A. Their number would increase
Q. What is a primary producer?
Q. Name two herbivores.
A. A plant that makes its own food
(an autotroph)
A. Caterpillar or Mouse
Q. What are secondary consumers?
Q. What is the primary source of
energy?
A. An organism which feeds on the
primary consumer
Q. Explain the term consumer.
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A. Sunlight
Q. Name two carnivores.
A. An organism that eats another
organism; Heterotroph
Q. What is a pyramid of numbers?
A. A diagram that represents the
numbers of organisms at each
trophic level
Q. What does the animal plankton
feed on?
A. Hawk or Spider
Q. True or False. Grazing food
chains begin with animals.
A. FALSE
Q. Name one omnivore.
A. Plant plankton (phytoplankton)
Q. Hawthorn leaves  Caterpillar
 Blue tit  Sparrow hawk. The
primary consumer in this food chain
is …
A. Thrush
Q. Explain the term niche.
A. Caterpillar
Q. Hawthorn leaves  Caterpillar
 Blue tit  Sparrow hawk. If the
sparrow hawks’ numbers increase,
the number of blue tits may …
A. The functional role of an
organism in an ecosystem
Q. Explain the term edaphic.
A. Decrease
A. Relating to the soil
Q. Hawthorn leaves  Caterpillar
 Blue tit  Sparrow hawk. The
hawthorn leaves represent the …
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Q. What is the biosphere?
A. The part of the planet where life
occurs
Q. Energy enters food chains in the
Q. Hawthorn leaves  Caterpillar
form of light. In which form do you
 Blue tit  Sparrow hawk. Name
think most energy is lost from food
a carnivore from this food chain.
chains?
A. Producer; Autotroph
A. Blue tit; Sparrow hawk
A. Heat
Q. The number of trophic (feeding)
levels in a food chain is limited by
the small transfer of … from one
level to the next.
Q. What term is used to describe
organisms that feed on primary
producers?
A. Primary consumer(s);
Herbivore(s)
A. Energy
Q. Position in a pyramid of numbers.
Q. Organisms capable of making
their own food are known as …
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