Question

A community has the following organisms in its food chain: deer, grass, mountain lions, and mushrooms. The roles they play (which are not in the correct order) are as follows: one makes organic nutrients using energy from sunlight, one gets its energy by eating grass, one gets its energy from dead or waste matter, and one gets its energy by eating other animals.

A. What is the term for an organism that makes organic nutrients using energy from sunlight? Which of the organisms in the food chain described fits this description?

B. What is the term for an organism that gets its energy by eating grass? Which of the organisms in the food chain described fits this description?

C. What is the term for an organism that gets its energy from dead or waste matter? Which of the organisms in the food chain described fits this description?

D. What is the term for an organism that gets its energy by eating other animals? Which of the organisms in the food chain described fits this description?

E. Define the term “trophic level.”
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- A. Correct term for the description provided. Correct organism from the given food chain example that matches the term

B. Correct term for the description provided. Correct organism from the given food chain example that matches the term

C. Correct term for the description provided. Correct organism from the given food chain example that matches the term

D. Correct term for the description provided. Correct organism from the given food chain example that matches the term

E. Accurate definition of the term “trophic level”

Answer 1

A-Photosynthesis, Grass. B-Primary consumer, Deer. C-Decomposers, Mushrooms. D-Predator, Mountain lion. E-What stage an organism is placed in. (Primary, Secondary, Tertiary, Quaternary, etc.)