5.3b

What effect will the decrease in the opossum population have on other organisms of the ecosystem?

• The gray fox population will increase.

• The grasshopper population will increase.

• The grass cover in the region will increase.

• The great horned owl population will increase.

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an organism that eats producers

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

• tertiary consumer

• decomposer

an organism that makes its own food for energy

• primary consumer

• producer

• tertiary consumer

• decomposer

According to this food web, which of the following are primary consumers? (Choose all that apply.)

• rabbits

• frogs

• grasshoppers

• snakes

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According to this food web, which of the following does NOT get energy by eating grasshoppers?

• hawks

• mice

• rabbits

• sparrows

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What do the arrows in this food web represent?

• the direction the organisms run for safety

• the organisms' family memebers

• the transfer of energy from one organism to another

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What would most likely happen if sparrows were removed from this food web?

• The grass would die.

• The number of foxes would increase.

• The number of grasshoppers would increase and the hawks would lose a source of food.

• The number of mice would decrease and they would gain a source of food.

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Which of the following does NOT describe the snake? (Choose all that apply.)

• tertiary consumer

• secondary consumer

• primary consumer

• producer

Which of the following are primary consumers? (Choose all that apply.)

• greenfly

• dragonfly

• mouse

• fox

According to this food web, which of the following are herbivores? (Choose all that apply.)

• butterfly

• rabbit

• buzzard

• grasshopper

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