Energy Vocabulary Quiz
10% Rule
Compost Bin
Food Chain
Primary Consumer
Trophic Level
Matter
Decay
Food Web
Quaternary Consumer
Hydrologic Cycle
Biomass
Decomposer
Consumer
Secondary Consumer
Producer
Carbon Cycle
Energy Pyramid
Nitrogen Cycle
Tertiary Consumer
Cycling of Matter
_Producer_______ 1. Makes its own food through photosynthesis; also called an autotroph
_Decomposer_____ 2. An organism that can break down dead organisms and waste
_Hydrologic Cycle_ 3. The cycling of water through the environment
_10% Rule_______ 4. Only ten percent of energy gets passed on to the next tropic level
_Consumer_______ 5. Must eat to obtain energy; also called a heterotroph
__Trophic Level___ 6. Order of a food chain/web; producer  primary consumer
___Nitrogen Cycle__ 7. The movement of nitrogen through the environment
___Biomass______ 8. Organic material that is reused by organisms
__Food Chain_____ 9. Diagrams the flow of energy through organisms
__Food Web_____ 10. Overlapping food chains that diagram the flow of energy
Tertiary Consumer_ 11. An organism that eats secondary consumers
__Decay_________ 12. The breaking down of biomass
Secondary Consumer 13. An organism that eats primary consumers
__Energy Pyramid__ 14. Diagrams the amount of energy available at each trophic level
__Matter_______ 15. Substance or material that has mass and volume
Quarternary Consumer 16. An organism that consumes tertiary consumers
__Carbon Cycle___ 17. The movement of carbon through an environment
__Compost Bin____ 18. A container used to recycle organic material
_Primary Consumer_ 19. An organism that consumes producers
_Cycling of Matter_ 20. Diagram that shows how matter travels through organisms and the
environment
Diagram the cycling of matter below, using words and arrows.
Atmosphere
Producer
(Plant)
Consumer
(Animals)
Soil
Decomposers
Energy Quiz
1. What 2 effects would the sudden disappearance of insects most likely have on this ecosystem?
Lily pad  Insect  Fish  Bird Alligator
 Lily pad population will increase
 Fish population will decrease
SC QCTC
SC
TC
SC
SC
PC
PC
P
PC
P
PC
PC
P
3. A decomposer is missing from the food web. What role does a decomposer play in an ecosystem?
Decomposers recycle biomass/nutrients and return it to the soil as
fertilizer for plants.
4. Use the food web from above to diagram an energy pyramid.
 Label each trophic level. (Quaternary Consumer, Secondary Consumer, Producer, Tertiary Consumer,
Primary Consumer)
 Label how much energy is available at each level, if it starts with 500,000 kcal.
 List all the organisms from above in the appropriate levels (also listed above on web)
Quaternary
Owl
50kcal
Consumer
Tertiary 500kcal
Consumer Shrew Owl
Secondary 5,000kcal Shrew
Consumer Weasel Ladybird Owl
Fly
Primary 50,000kcal Green
Wood Mouse Caterpillar
Woodlouse
Consumer
Bank Vole
500,000kcal Acorn Leaf Litter
Producers
Oak Leaf