3.2 Study Guide

Question 1

Give an example of a producer

Answer 1

Kelp

Question 2

What is a heterotroph?

Answer 2

An organism that doesn’t make its own food

Question 3

What is a primary consumer?

Answer 3

Organisms that take energy from the producers. They are below secondary and tertiary

Question 4

What is an omnivore?

Answer 4

An organism that eats both plants and animals

Question 5

Kelp->Small fish->Big fish-> Shark… Which is the primary consumer and which is the producer?

Answer 5

Kelp is the producer and the small fish is the primary consumer

Question 6

What happens to the biomass and energy level of organisms as you go up a food chain/pyramid?

Answer 6

The biomass and energy level goes down