Food Webs

Raul is given a list of organisms and asked to determine how the organisms interact with each other. Raul draws them in a food web diagram. Based on his diagram, what is the role of the sunfish in this food web?

• To provide energy for the bass and snapper turtles

• To provide energy for the minnows and snails

• To consume the algae and other pond plants

• To take in light from the Sun and produce food

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Which of the following best describes the role of decomposers in the cycling of matter?

• Releasing oxygen gas into the atmosphere for animals to breathe

• Using energy from the Sun to produce food for plants and animals

• Providing a source of food for plants and animals

• Returning nutrients from dead plants and animals to the soil

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A food web diagram is provided. Based on the diagram, which three consumers all get their energy directly from the same producer?

• Plant seeds, field mouse, and snake

• Prairie grass, deer, and mountain lion

• Squirrel, deer, and mountain lion

• Squirrel, robin, and field mouse

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Matter moves directly from plants to animals when animals eat plants. Matter also moves from plants to animals indirectly through—

• air

• heat

• adaptations

• sunlight

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The diagram shows part of an ocean food web. Which statements are true about this food web?

• The kingfisher receives its energy from the blue crab and the striped bass.

• The arrows show how one organism changes to another.

• The blue crab provides energy for the shrimp.

• The arrows show the flow of energy from one organism to another.

• Producers, like shrimp, are organisms that depend on other organisms for food.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A sequence of events that repeats itself 

• Flow

• Sun

• Cycle

• Food Chain

• Carbon Dioxide

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The path of food energy from one organism to another in an ecosystem 

• Flow

• Sun

• Cycle

• Food Chain

• Carbon Dioxide

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To move or travel smoothly in a certain direction

• Flow

• Sun

• Cycle

• Food Chain

• Carbon Dioxide

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A gas produced by cells during respiration; used in photosynthesis to produce sugars

• Flow

• Sun

• Cycle

• Food Chain

• Carbon Dioxide

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Provides the energy for food chains and food webs

• Flow

• Sun

• Cycle

• Food Chain

• Carbon Dioxide

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