Food Chains and Webs

Brown bears eat grass, fruit, insects, and fish. This organism is an example of a(n) __________________.

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

• producer

Siberian tigers eat wild boar, moose and deer. This organism is an example of a(n) _______________.

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

• producer

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Grass needs sunlight to make its own food. This organism is an example of a(n) __________________.

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

• producer

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Whitetail deer eat leaves, twigs, fruits, nuts and grass. This organism is an example of a(n) ___________________.

• herbivore

• omnivore

• carnivore

• producer

In this food web, the producers are the ____________________.

• grass and tree

• grass and insects

• frog and mouse

• frog and tree

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The diagram shows how energy flows through a prairie food web. If all the grasshoppers were removed, how many organisms would lose a source of energy?

• Four

• Five

• Six

• Seven

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In this food web, the grasshoppers get energy from the _________.

• lettuce

• robins

• cat

• carrots

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If all of the squirrels were removed from this prairie ecosystem, which animal population would most likely decrease first?

• hawks

• antelopes

• coyotes

• mountain lions

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In this food web, the weasel provides energy to the _______.

• spider and grasshopper

• shrew and spider

• owl and hawk

• shrew and hawk

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A pond food web is illustrated here. If a pesticide killed all the insect larvae in this food web, all of the following would immediately result EXCEPT --

• bass would have more minnows to eat

• snails would have more algae available

• sunfish would be forced to eat more snails

• minnows would lose a source of energy

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