Food Chains

Which animal will be negatively impacted first if the frog population decreases?

• cricket

• deer

• mouse

• owl

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Which animal receives the most amount of energy in its diet from the Sun?

• frog

• mouse

• snake

• hawk

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Which food chain is in the correct order?

• grass >> beetle >> frog >> raccoon

• grass >> frog >> beetle >> raccoon

• raccoon >> frog >> beetle >> grass

• frog >> beetle >> grass >> raccoon

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In a forest ecosystem a hawk is a predator, and its prey is a mouse.

What will most likely happen if the number of hawks declines?

• The number of mice will barely decrease.

• The number of mice will greatly decrease.

• The number of mice will stay the same.

• The number of mice will increase.

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If the insect population decreased significantly, what would happen to the spider population?

• The spider population would increase because the insects would not damage their webs as much, and spiders would use less energy to produce new webs.

• The spider population would decrease because of the reduction of one of its major sources of food.

• The spider population would remain about the same because the spider would find new sources of food.

• The spider population would increase because it would begin to eat larger species of animals which would supply more food.

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If the sunlight stopped shining on the ecosystem, what would most likely happen after one month?

• Everything would continue to grow.

• The fish would die, but everything else would continue to grow.

• The green plants would die, but everything else would continue to grow.

• Everything would die.

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Use the diagram to answer the question.

Susan studies the diagram above.

Which term describes the relationship between the owl and the fox in the diagram?

• collaborators

• competitors

• decomposers

• producers

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Which best explains the increase in the number of ducks in Treyburn Park?

• Squirrels decreased, and the ducks had fewer predators, so more ducks survived.

• Foxes decreased, and the ducks had fewer predators, so more ducks survived.

• Rabbits began to increase and ate more squirrels, so foxes had fewer food sources and left the park.

• Heavy rains in 2010 helped develop another large pond, so the duck habitat was increased and that allowed more ducks to survive.

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A diagram showing the path of energy as it goes from one organism to another

• Food Web

• Arrows

• Food Chain

• Circle of Life

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What type of consumer will we never label an organism in a food chain?

• Consumer

• Carnivore

• Omnivore

• Herbivore