Food webs Food Chains and Ecosystems

A consumer at the top of a food chain is also called ..

• Primary predator

• Top Eater

• An Apex predator

• Secondary Predator

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All of these are predators, except...

• wolf

• badger

• bobcat

• rabbit

_________________ help an ecosystem by converting dead organisms back into soil nutrients

When there are too many predators in a habitat, all of the following can happen except...

• The predator's food source will run out

• The predators will be forced to leave the habitat

• The predators will become herbivores

• The predators will be forced to hunt other carnivores

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If there are too many primary consumers (herbivores) and not enough predators, what is most likely to happen?

• The herbivores will attack each other

• The herbivores will become carnivores

• The herbivores will eat all of their food source

• The few predators will become invasive species

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All of these are part of a forest ecosystem, except...

• squirrels

• cactus

• wolves

• Pine tree

All of these are part of a desert ecosystem, except...

• Hawk

• Snake

• squirrel

• sage brush

All of these are decomposers, except...

• caterpillar

• flies

• fungi (mushroom)

• bacteria

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In this food chain, the arrows represent...

• who eats who in the food chain

• rankings of animal importance

• the flow of energy

• how many plants there are vs. animals

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Wolf: Forest as ________:Ocean

• Shark

• Whale

• Tiger

• Salmon

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