1. Ecosystems and Ecology

Energy Flow — Quiz

Test your understanding of energy flow with 5 practice questions.

Practice Questions

Question 1

Which of the following best describes the concept of an energy pyramid?

Question 2

In a food web, if a hawk eats a snake, and the snake eats a mouse, which eats seeds, what is the trophic level of the hawk?

Question 3

The $10\%$ rule of energy transfer in ecosystems implies that if producers have $10,000\ \text{kcal}$ of energy, how much energy would typically be available to the tertiary consumers?

Question 4

Which of the following organisms would typically occupy the highest trophic level in a food chain?

Question 5

What is the primary consequence of the inefficiency of energy transfer between trophic levels?