5.4.3 - Energy Flow in Ecosystems
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Practice Questions
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What is the main source of energy for producers?
💡 Hint: Think about where plants get the energy to grow.
What do we call animals that eat plants?
💡 Hint: Consider the food chain where the plant is first.
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Interactive Quizzes
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Which of the following is a producer?
💡 Hint: Consider organisms that can make their own energy.
True or False: Decomposers contribute to nutrient cycling in ecosystems.
💡 Hint: Think about what happens to dead plants and animals.
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Challenge Problems
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Examine how the removal of a top predator from an ecosystem could potentially disrupt the energy flow and balance.
💡 Hint: Think about how predators regulate the populations of herbivores.
Design an experiment to measure the efficiency of energy transfer in a simple food chain.
💡 Hint: Consider how you'd collect data and measure energy involvement at each level.
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