Ecosystems Cumulative Assessment Study Guide

If the horseshoe crab population increased...

• the striped bass would decrease

• the loggerhead turtle population would decrease

• the razor clam population would decrease

• the razor clam population would increas

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

If the plankton population decreased...

• the grackle population would increase

• the razor clam population would increase

• all populations in the food web would increase eventually

• all populations in the food web would decrease eventually

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

If the striped bass population increased...

• the sanderling population would increase

• all the organisms that eat snowshoe crabs could be affected

• none of the organisms that eat snowshoe crabs could be affected

• the loggerhead turtle population would increase

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

If the horseshoe crab population decreased...

• the grackle population will decrease

• the loggerhead turtle population would increase

• the striped bass population would increase

• the razor clam population would decrease

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Decomposers include...

• mushrooms, worms, bacteria, and algae

• mushrooms, bacteria, fungi, and worms

• mushrooms, worms, fungi and grass

• mushrooms, worms, bacteria, and lizards

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The living organisms that depend on directly on the sun are...

• carnivores

• herbivores

• consumers

• producers

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The organisms that must eat other organisms to survive are called...

• phytoplankton

• algae

• producers

• consumers

An organism that eats the remains of dead animals after the predators have finished eating are called...

• herbivore

• scavenger

• predator

• producer

An organism that eats only plants is called...

• producer

• consumer

• herbivore

• decomposer

If you wish to increase predator populations, you should...

• decrease the number of herbivores

• decrease producer populations

• decrease the prey population

• increase the prey populations the like to hunt

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4