APES Biodiversity

Which organisms have the most available energy in an energy pyramid?

• Producer
• Consumer
• Decomposer
• Scavenger

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What organisms are at the bottom of an energy pyramid?

• Producer
• Consumer
• Decomposer
• Scavenger

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How much energy is passed on to each trophic level in an energy pyramid?

• 10%
• 90%
• 50%
• 80%

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Where do crickets get their energy?

• Cattails
• Marsh Grass
• Grasshoppers
• Shrews

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What do the arrows indicate in a food web?

• What eats what
• Where the energy is being transferred
• How the animals are related

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In this food web, which two organisms could be harmed if the mouse population were to decrease?

• Deer and caterpillar
• Wolf and snake
• Oak and grass
• Hawk and songbird

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What would have to happen to this ecosystem in order to introduce and support a frog population?

• Nothing, they're already there.
• A wildfire to clear the land.
• They will just naturally migrate to the area on their own.
• A flood occurs leaving pools of water.

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Why do populations of invasive species grow so quickly?

• Invasive species have many different natural predators
• Invasive species have no natural predators
• Invasive species are harmful to the ecosystem
• Invasive species populations don't grow quickly

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Which choice accurately describes an invasive species?

• A native species in that area
• An organism that has many natural predators
• A non-native species in that area
• A species organism whose population is well undercontrol

1. What makes a species invasive?

• Moving to a new ecosystem and taking resources from natives 
• Not having papers
• Species that can't adapt
• Plants that take up too much space

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