Ecosystems Review #3

What is a food chain?

• A model that shows how energy and matter pass from one living thing to another

• A type of plant that produces food

• A group of animals living together

• A type of ecosystem found in the ocean

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What is the role of a producer in a food chain?

• To eat other animals

• To combine sunlight, air, and water to make food

• To decompose dead organisms

• To provide shelter for other animals

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What does a food web show?

• The diet of a single animal

• How living things in an environment depend on one another for food

• The migration patterns of animals

• The growth rate of plants

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What is the role of arrows in a food chain diagram?

• To show the size of each organism

• To indicate the direction of energy and matter movement

• To label the names of organisms

• To show the color of each organism

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Why might a sun be included in a food chain diagram?

• To show the source of energy for producers

• To indicate the time of day

• To represent the heat in the environment

• To show the direction of the wind

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What does the coyote eat in the food chain shown?

• Snail

• Frog

• Clover

• Grass

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What is the main purpose of a food chain?

• To show the growth of plants

• To explain the process of energy and matter transfer

• To identify animal habitats

• To measure the size of ecosystems

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What might happen if a disease caused the robin to die?

• Plants would decrease in number.

• Hawks would increase in number.

• Plants would increase in number.

• Hawks would stay the same.

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What happens to consumers that eat plants if plants decrease?

• They would increase in number.

• They would decrease in number or relocate.

• They would not be affected.

• They would eat more plants.

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Grasslands have very few trees, while forests have many trees. Why is this statement true?

• Grasslands receive less rain than forests.

• Grasslands receive less sunlight than forests.

• The animals of the grasslands eat small trees before they can grow.

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