Food Web Quiz

What is the role of the grass in this food web? What responsibilities come along with this role?

• Producer, providing energy to herbivores

• Predator, hunting smaller animals

• Decomposer, breaking down dead matter

• Herbivore, eating plants

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the role of the grasshopper in this food web? What responsibilities come along with this role?

• Predator, hunting smaller animals

• Herbivore, consuming plants

• Decomposer, breaking down dead matter

• Producer, providing energy to herbivores

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What would happen to the population of snakes if the rabbits were suddenly removed from this ecosystem?

• Increase, due to more available food

• Decrease, due to less available food

• Stay the same, no effect

• Increase, due to more predators

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What would happen to the grasshopper population if the insect-eating birds were suddenly removed from this ecosystem?

• Increase, due to fewer predators

• Decrease, due to more predators

• Stay the same, no effect

• Decrease, due to less food

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which animal is at the top of the food web shown in the diagram?

• Grasshopper

• Mountain lion

• Rabbit

• Snake

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What role do fungi play in the food web?

• Producer

• Herbivore

• Decomposer

• Predator

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following is a primary consumer in the food web?

• Snake

• Hawk

• Grasshopper

• Mountain lion

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is the primary source of energy for the food web?

• Sunlight

• Water

• Soil

• Air

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which organism is likely to be affected first if the grass is removed from the ecosystem?

• Snake

• Grasshopper

• Hawk

• Mountain lion

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is the role of the shrub in the food web?

• Predator

• Herbivore

• Producer

• Decomposer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3