Energy Transfer

Question 1

Which of the following statements about entropy is true?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Entropy increases going from one trophic level to another.

Question 2

The amount of available energy changes between the trophic levels found in a food chain or energy pyramid. Photos (left to right) by Mehmet Karatay, Jens Buurgaard Nielsen, Furryscaly, and Walter Siegmund How would the amount of available energy differ in the trophic level of the mouse compared to the trophic level of the hawk?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Available energy would decrease from the mouse to the hawk.

Question 3

Which of the following levels is the most efficient at energy conversion?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

producers

Question 4

The amount of available energy changes between the trophic levels found in a food chain or energy pyramid. Photos (left to right) by Mehmet Karatay, Jens Buurgaard Nielsen, Furryscaly, and Walter Siegmund In the food chain shown, which of the following changes between trophic levels would have the highest energy conversion efficiency?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

leaf to mouse

Question 5

Carnivores that feed on other carnivores are _______.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

tertiary consumers

Question 6

Producers are the primary living source of energy in a food web.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

T

Question 7

Which of the following is the most likely flow of energy in an aquatic ecosystem?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

phytoplankton → zooplankton → fish → mammal

Question 8

Which of the following organisms in the soil food chain does not obtain energy directly from plants?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

protozoa

Question 9

Entropy is greater at higher trophic levels than at lower levels.

Revolt · Accepted Answer

T

Question 10

How are gross production and net production different?

Revolt · Accepted Answer

Net production is always less than gross production.

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