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    This document contains questions about energy flow through food chains and ecological pyramids. It asks the reader to define producer, explain what would happen if different organisms were removed from a food chain, list ways that energy is lost between trophic levels, match food chains to pyramids, and explain the shapes and advantages of biomass pyramids over number pyramids. It also contains questions about measuring dry mass versus wet mass of grass for a biomass pyramid.

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    This document contains questions about energy flow through food chains and ecological pyramids. It asks the reader to define producer, explain what would happen if different organisms were removed from a food chain, list ways that energy is lost between trophic levels, match food chains to pyramids, and explain the shapes and advantages of biomass pyramids over number pyramids. It also contains questions about measuring dry mass versus wet mass of grass for a biomass pyramid.

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    (a) Corn Is a producer. Define the term ‘producer’.

    [2 marks] ENERGY FLOW & PYRAMIDS


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    (b) If the wolves all died out, explain what would happen to the
    population of:

    (i) fruit fly; [3 marks]

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    (ii) butterfly; [3 marks]

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    (e) Explain why there are no more than five organisms in a food chain.
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    (c) Give three ways that energy is lost from food chains. [3 marks]
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    (f) Match each pyramid of numbers to its correct food chain. [3 marks]

    Food chain Pyramid

    (1) oak tree caterpillars shrews ticks


    A C
    (2) algae tadpoles water beetles perch

    (3) rose bush greenfly ladybird blue tit

    B D

    (g) Explain the shape of pyramid D. [2 marks] (h) Explain the advantage of using pyramids of biomass than
    ……………………………………………………………………………. pyramids of number. [1 mark]
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    E Scientists recorded the dry mass of grass for a pyramid of biomass.

    Suggest why the wet mass of grass was not used. [2 marks] Suggest how the scientists made sure that all water was removed
    from the grass before recording its dry mass. [2 marks]
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