Interactions of Trophic

The chart shows predator and prey relationships in four different ecosystems.. Which is a correct example of a change that would happen to one population because of a change in the other population because of a predator/prey relationship?

• When the population of sharks decreases because of fishing, the population of small fish will decrease.

• When the population of sharks decreases because of fishing, the population of small fish will decrease.

• During hunting season when many deer are killed by hunters, the mountain lion population will decline.

• When the mice population increases due to having more resources, the population of snakes will decrease.

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Which of the following is a tertiary consumer in this food web?

• Rabbit

• Hedgehog

• Fox

• Bacteria

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What would happen to all organisms on the food web if a disease killed off most of the grass?

• Increase

• Decrease

• Stay the same

• What is a disease?

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The efficiency of energy transfer from a lower trophic level to the next highest level is roughly

• 1%

• 10%

• 100%

• 1000%

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Which of the following is most likely to cause an increase in the croaker population?

• an increase in the anchovy population

• a decrease in the crab population

• a decrease in the bluefish population

• a decrease in the algae population

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A step or position in a food chain.

• 10% Rule

• Energy Pyramid

• Trophic Level

• Biomass

The monkey would be a

• decomposer

• producer

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

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The third (3) trophic level of the food chain is___.

c

Primary consumers

Producers

Secondary Consumers

Tertiary consumers

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Correctly label each trophic level

a

b

c

d

e

apex predator

primary consumers

producers

tertiary consumers

secondary consumers

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The ​ (a)   are producers, such as plants and fungi. The ​ ​ (b)   has herbivores who primarily eat plants. The ​ (c)   contains organisms that primarily feed on animals in the secondary tropic level. These organisms are carnivores, omnivores and detritivores.

• 1st trophic level

• tertiary trophic level

• secondary trophic level

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