Food Webs 19

Which of the following organisms is a herbivore.

• butterfly
• snake
• fox
• ladybird

Which of the following organisms is a carnivore.

• greenfly
• titmouse
• mouse
• buzzard

What is a consumer?

• Organism that makes its own energy
• Organism that breaks down dead organisms
• Organism that eats other organisms for food & energy

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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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In this food chain, what will happen if the frog population declines because of disease?

• The snakes will increase.

• The grasshoppers will decrease.

• The eagles will remain the same.

• The grasshoppers will increase.

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What may happen if the snowshoe hare population decreases suddenly?

• The insects in the habitat would increase.

• The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.

• The willow tree population would decrease.

• Foxes would dies due to no food source.

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In this food web what will happen if the population of rabbits increases?

• wildflowers will increase
• hawks will have less food
• snakes will have more food
• mice population will increase

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The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?

• They point to the organism that is being eaten.
• It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.
• They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. 
• They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

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What organism would be DIRECTLY impacted by a decrease of willow plants?

• lynx

• red fox

• hare

• white spruce

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What organism would be INDIRECTLY impacted by a increase in insects?

• Shrews

• white spruce

• hare

• red tail hawk

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