Quiz about Staar Environment Biology

Question 1

A partial Food web is shown.

What role to bobcats play in a forest food web?

Accepted Answer

Bobcats are consumers of marmots and grouses

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Bobcats break down dead plants and animals and return nutrients to the soil

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Bobcats produce their own energy

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Bobcats are predators of grasses and berries

Question 2

A wetland food chain is shown below.

Which table shows the correct role of each organism?

Accepted Answer

Option D is correct

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A.

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B.

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C.

Question 3

A partial food web is shown.

Which type of organism is missing from this food web?

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Decomposer

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Predator

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Consumer

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Producer

Question 4

A partial rain forest food web is shown. How many types of organisms in this food web obtain energy directly from producers?

Accepted Answer

Two

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One

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Three

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Four

Question 5

A partial forest food web is shown. What role do turkeys play in this food web?

Accepted Answer

Consumer

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Decomposer

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Predator

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Producer

Question 6

A partial hedgerow food web is shown. Which table shows the correct role of organisms in the food web?

Accepted Answer

Option D is correct

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A.

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B.

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C.

Question 7

A partial swamp food web is shown. In this food web, energy is transferred directly between-

Accepted Answer

mosquitos and mudskippers

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kingfishers and mangrove crabs

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prawn and mosquito larvae

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kingfishers and mangrove trees

Question 8

A partial tundra food web is shown. Based on the information in the food web, which of the following food chains shows one way energy flows in this ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

Lichen > Lemming > Ermine > Arctic fox

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Lichen > Arctic hare > muskox

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Arctic wolf > muskox > lichen

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Lichen > Lemming > Arctic hare Arctic fox

Question 9

A partial forest food web is shown. Which statement correctly describes the transfer of energy in a food chain in this ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

Energy is transferred from grasses to marmots to bobcats

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Energy is transferred from berries to bears to elk

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Energy is transferred from bobcats to grouses to grasses

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Energy is transferred from grasses to elk to grouses

Question 10

The table lists some of the types of animals that live in an ecosystem and what they eat. Based on the information in the table, which of the following food chains shows one way energy flows in this ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

Leaves > caterpillars > raccoons > vultures

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Leaves > slugs > caterpillars

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Owls > raccoons > Berries

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Leaves > slugs > owls

Question 11

A partial food web is shown. Which organisms in this food web eat only producers?

Accepted Answer

Insects only

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Fruit bats and bandicoots only

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Insects and fruit bats only

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Rufous owls, bandicoots, and pythons only

Question 12

A partial rainforest food web is shown. Which organisms in this food web eat only consumers?

Accepted Answer

Spider monkey and butterfly only

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Spider, poison dart frog, and butterfly only

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Jaguar, carcara, spider and poison dart frog only

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Poison dart frog and jaguar only

Question 13

The diets of some forest animals are described in the table. Which of the following food chains is in the correct order?

Accepted Answer

Leaves > caterpillar > opossum > owl

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Leaves > deer > owl

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Raccoons > slug > berries

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Owl > opossum > Raccoon

Question 14

The table describes the energy sources for four unidentified organisms. Which statement correctly identifies the roles of the organisms?

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Organisms 1 & 2 are decomposers

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Organisms 1 & 3 are consumers

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Organisms 3 & 4 are producers

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Organisms 2 & 3 are producers

Question 15

The table describes the energy sources for four unknown organisms. Which table correctly identifies the roles of the organisms?

Accepted Answer

Option A is correct

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B.

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C.

Question 16

A partial forest food web is shown. Which organism in this food web eat only consumers?

Accepted Answer

Hawks, bobcats, and owls only

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Squirrels, turkeys, and caterpillars only

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Squirrels, turkeys, caterpillars, and skunks only

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Bobcats only

Question 17

The diets of some forest animals are described in the table. How many types of animals in this food web obtain energy directly from at least one producer?

Accepted Answer

Four

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One

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Two

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Three

Question 18

A partial food web of organisms who live in and around the Amazon River is shown. Which change would most likely occur if all the producers in this ecosystem were removed?

Accepted Answer

The populations of consumers would decrease

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The populations of consumers would increase

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The producers would move to a new location

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Pacus would become producers

Question 19

A partial food web of organisms who live in and around the Amazon River is shown. Which statement describes the transfer of energy in a food chain in this ecosystem?

Accepted Answer

Water plants > capybaras > caimans

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Anacondas > pacus > water plants

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Water plants > pacus > capybaras

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Caimans > anacondas > capybaras > water plants

Question 20

Which organisms do not directly consume another organism for energy?

Accepted Answer

Cacti and seeds

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Ravens and quails

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Kangaroo rats and crickets

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Gila monsters and desert tortoises

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