Ecosystem

Which of the following organisms is a carnivore.

• greenfly
• titmouse
• mouse
• buzzard

The owl receives energy from which organisms?

• grasshopper and mouse
• mouse and rabbit
• rabbit and butterfly
• butterfly and frog

Which organism is the top predator in this food web?

• leopard seal
• killer whale
• elephant seal
• crabeater seal

Which of the following is a herbivore?

• cricket
• frog
• hawk
• shrew

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What might happen if you remove a primary consumer from the ecosystem?

• There would be more food for secondary consumers.
• The number of primary consumers would increase.
• The number of plants would increase.
• The number of secondary consumers would increase.

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

• mutualism
• competition
• predator/prey
• parasitism

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A tapeworm inside a dog is

• competition
• predation
• commensalism
• parasitism

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An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

• Autotroph
• Producer
• Consumer
• Mutualist

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An organism that uses sunlight to create its own food is known as a:

• Producer
• Heterotroph
• Consumer
• Decomposer

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What does a food chain represent?

• How all living organisms within a habitat are connected.
• All of the things that a particular animal eats.
• How plants create their own food.
• A single path of energy transfer within a habitat.

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