Food Webs

Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?

• Hawk
• Spider
• Grasshopper
• Shrew

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Which of the following is a herbivore?

• cricket
• frog
• hawk
• shrew

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Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?

• There would be a decrease in the small bird population.
• There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.
• There would be a decrease in the mice population.
• There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.

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A consumer that hunts is called:

• a producer.
• an omnivore.
• a predator.
• a herbivore.

A frog eats a fly. The frog and fly are demonstrating ________.

• mutualism
• competition
• predator/prey
• parasitism

Plants both trying to get sunlight are 

• commensalism
• mutualism
• compeition
• parasitism

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An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms is a ______________

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer
• prey

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A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________

• ecosystem
• food web
• environment
• population

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An animal that is hunted and eaten for food is a 

• predator
• prey
• population

An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste

• producer
• consumer
• decomposer
• autotroph

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