5.9B Food Web Energy Flow 2

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In food webs and food chains, arrows are used to represent the transfer of energy. In which direction does the energy flow in the arrow below?

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From left to right

Front

What role does the tiger shark play in the food web of the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem? Options: Producer, Prey, Consumer, Decomposer

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Consumer

Front

How many organisms rely on starfish as their food source?

Back

One

Front

Which of the following food chains is correct based on the food web above? Options: Phytoplankton  Sea Slug  Squid  Bull Shark , Sargassum Seaweed  Bay Scallop  Starfish , Zooplankton  Starfish  Green Sea Turtle, Phytoplankton  Starfish  Kemp’s Ridley Turtle  Bull Shark

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Phytoplankton  Starfish  Kemp’s Ridley Turtle  Bull Shark

Front

In a food chain, energy flows directly between all of the choices below except: producer to consumer, consumer to consumer, consumer to producer, producer to decomposer

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consumer to producer

Front

What role does the bacteria most likely have in the food web above?

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Decomposer

Front

Which organism in this food web eats only producers? Options: Plants, Grasshopper, Bacteria, Spider

Back

Grasshopper

Front

Which organism in this food web is the only organism with no predator? Options: Great-horned Owl, Plants, Shrew, Red-tailed Hawk

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Great-horned Owl

Front

What would most likely happen to the food web above if all the producers were to die?

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All of the animals would move to a new location or die.