Ecosystems Review

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Which organisms would receive less energy if rabbits disappeared from this ecosystem? Options: toads, hawks, snakes, grasses

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hawks

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What would most likely happen if farmers started using pesticides that killed the insects living above the ground?

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the rat population would decrease

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Which food chain model shows an example of how energy moves through an ecosystem? (flow left to right)

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tree leaves - caterpillar- toucan - puma

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What organism could replace ?? in the prairie ecosystem model: Sun -- grass -- ?? -- snake -- owl? Options: aspen trees, buffalo, foxes, prairie dog.

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prairie dog

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Model a food chain to show the flow of energy in a desert ecosystem (flow left to right). Options: Sun -- cacti -- insects -- lizards -- foxes

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Sun -- cacti -- insects -- lizards -- foxes

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In the past, wolves were hunted to extinction in Yellowstone National Park. What was the effect on the elk and plant populations?

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There were many more elk and fewer plants.

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What would happen if fungi were removed from a forest ecosystem?

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Plant and animal matter would no longer be broken down.

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What would most likely happen to the populations of organisms in a forest ecosystem if there were no rain for a long period of time?

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All the forest populations would decrease because producers would not be able to survive to supply nutrients to consumers.

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What part of the forest ecosystem receives energy from the rabbits?

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the hawks

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What would most likely lead to a decrease in the mouse population? Options: an increase in the number of decomposers, an increase in the deer and frog populations, a decrease in the snake and hawk populations, a decrease in the amount of available sunlight.

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a decrease in the amount of available sunlight

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