Food Web

All energy transformations in an ecosystem begin with ______.

• a scavenger

• the sun

• a decomposer

• a herbivore

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A deer population has significantly increased, the best hypothesis is ___________.

• the deer's main predator has been eliminated

• competition increased

• decreased water levels of local ponds

• organisms that rely on similar food sources migrated to the area

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Which event is the best example of competition between species in a pond?

• dragonflies landing on lily pads
• lizards and snakes lying in the sun
• hawks eating mice
• frogs and toads eating flies

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Which relationship describes predator/prey?

• hawks and shrubs

• mountain lion and deer

• frogs and trees

• grasses and crickets

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A diagram that shows the amount of energy that moves from one feeding level to another is termed a(n) _________.

• energy pyramid

• adaptation

• autotroph

• food web

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A system of food chains that shows the transfer of energy is termed a ____________.

• food web

• food chain

• prey

• predator

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An organism that can produce its own food through photosynthesis is a(n) ______________.

• consumer

• heterotroph

• autotroph

• herbivore

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The direction of the flow of energy in a food web is represented by ___.

• Light bulbs
• Dotted Lines
• Arrows
• Bubbles

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Which of these is an example of an autotroph?

• Sunflower
• Krill
• Leopard
• Hummingbird

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What does every food chain start with?

• producers
• sun
• consumer
• decomposers