Quiz about Ecology Food Web

Question 1

What is the study of the interactions among organisms and  between organisms and their environments called?

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Ecology

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Biology

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Astronomy

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Biosphere

Question 2

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

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Arrows

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Light bulbs

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Dotted Lines

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Bubbles

Question 3

Which of these is an example of an autotroph?

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Sunflower

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Krill

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Leopard

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Hummingbird

Question 4

What does every food chain start with?

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sun

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producers

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consumer

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decomposers

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Consumer that eats plants

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herbivore

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heterotroph

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producer

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community

Question 6

Energy increases as you move up the food pyramid (from bottom to top).

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False

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True

Question 7

Which of the following is NOT a consumer

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grass

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dog

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shark

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fish

Question 8

A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________

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food web

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ecosystem

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environment

Question 9

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

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predator/prey

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mutualism

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competition

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parasitism

Question 10

What percentage of energy is passed on to each tropic level?

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10%

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50%

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90%

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100%

Question 11

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

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Consumer

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Autotroph

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Producer

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Mutualist

Question 12

Consumer that eats plants

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herbivore

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heterotroph

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producer

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community

Question 13

What does a food web represent?

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All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.

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The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.

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A single pathway or energy flow between organisms.

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How carnivores get their food.

Question 14

relationship in which two species live closely together

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symbiosis

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resource

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mutualism

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succession

Question 15

The rabbit in this food web would be considered a:

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Primary Consumer

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Decomposer

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Producer

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Secondary Consumer

Question 16

Where an organism lives

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habitat

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niche

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heterotrogh

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biosphere

Question 17

In this Food Web Pyramid Which type of consumer gets only 10% of the energy stored in plants?

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Herbivore

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Carnivore

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Omnivore

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Secondary Consumer

Question 18

What is the term for each step in the transfer of energy and matter within a biological community?

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trophic level

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energy path

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food web

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food pyramid

Question 19

The image provided is an example of a(n):

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Carnivore

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Herbivore

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Producer

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Autotroph

Question 20

An illustration that uses arrows to show the MANY possible directions in which matter and energy can pass through the organisms in an ecosystem.

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Food web

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Food chain

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Energy Pyramid

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Succession Map

Question 21

The nonliving aspects of an ecosystem.

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Abiotic factors

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Biotic factors

Question 22

The living portions of the ecosystem.

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Biotic factors

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Abiotic factors

Question 23

A graphic illustration that shows each trophic level and the amount of useable energy contained within.

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Energy Pyramid

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Food chain

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Food web

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All of these

Question 24

A collection of organisms that make up a community as well as all of the nonliving aspects of the environment.

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Ecosystem

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Population

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Community

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Habitat

Question 25

As you move upward, from level to level, in an energy pyramid, energy _____.

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decreases

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increases

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stays the same

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increases exponentially

Question 26

plants that convert energy from the sun

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producer

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decomposer

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primary consumer

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secondary consumer

Question 27

A tree is a ....

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producer

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composer

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decomposer

Question 28

What is a producer?

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an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food

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an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms

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an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste

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an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food

Question 29

What is a herbivore?

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an organism that gets energy from eating only plants

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an animal that gets energy from eating other animals

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an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals

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an animal that eats only herbs

Question 30

What is a carnivore?

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an animal that gets energy by eating other animals

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An animal that gets energy by eating only plants

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an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals

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an animal that makes its own energy through photosynthesis

Question 31

An animal that gets energy from eating both plants and animals is a

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omnivore

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herbivore

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carnivore

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autotroph

Question 32

The shrew provides energy for the _______?

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snake

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cricket

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grasshopper

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frog

Question 33

Which of the following is a herbivore?

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cricket

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frog

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hawk

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shrew

Question 34

What is this called?

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Food Chain

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Food Web

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Abiotic Factors

Question 35

A producer is a (n) ______________.

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autotroph

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heterotroph

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omnitroph

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oscartroph

Question 36

All food chains begin with a ____________.

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producers

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primary consumer

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secondary consumer

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scavengers

Question 37

Cattle egrets forage (feed) in fields among cattle. The egret gets easy access to flying insects stirred up by the cattle, and the cattle don't care if they are there or not.

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commensalism

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mutualism

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competition

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parasitism

Question 38

A relationship between two organisms in which one organism benefits and the other is unharmed...

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Commensalism

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Mutualism

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Competition

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Parasitsm

Question 39

A tapeworm and a cat have this type of relationship.

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parasitism

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mutualism

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commensalism

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competition

Question 40

What type of symbiosis?  Hummingbirds feed on nectar from flowers.  The flowers are pollinated by hummingbirds as they move from flower to flower.

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mutualism

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commensalism

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parasitism

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predation

Question 41

What type of symbiosis?  Skunks often live in burrows that have been dug and abandoned by woodchucks.

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commensalism

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mutualism

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parasitism

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predation

Question 42

Red-billed oxpeckers are birds that often feed on parasites that infest impala.  This is an example of _______.

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mutualism

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commensalism

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neutralism

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competition

Question 43

A relationship between two organisms in which both organisms benefit.

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Mutualism

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Competition

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Parasitsm

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Commensalism

Question 44

When a mosquito bites you, you are the __________ and the mosquito is the  ____________.

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host, parasite

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host, hostess

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parasite, host

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prey, predator

Question 45

Aphids are tiny insects that live on and eat the leaves of plants, removing vital nutrients from the plants.

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Parasitism

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Predation

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Commensalism

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Mutualism

Question 46

How do producers obtain energy?

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They conduct photosynthesis.

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They consume plants.

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They consume primary consumers.

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They consume secondary consumers.

Question 47

How do consumers get their energy?

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eating other organisms

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laying in the sun

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providing food for other organisms

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surviving in an ecosystem

Question 48

Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?

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Shrew

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Hawk

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Spider

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Grasshopper

Question 49

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

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The number of plants would increase.

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There would be more food for secondary consumers.

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The number of primary consumers would increase.

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The number of secondary consumers would increase.

Question 50

Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?

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There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.

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There would be a decrease in the small bird population.

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There would be a decrease in the mice population.

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There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.

Question 51

Which of the following best describes the small bird in the food web above?

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secondary and tertiary consumer

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primary and secondary consumer

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primary consumer only

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secondary consumer only

Question 52

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

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predation

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mutualism

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competition

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parasitism

Question 53

How many primary consumers are there in this food web?

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4

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1

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2

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3

Question 54

What's the role of consumers in a food chain?

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Eat other species and keep them from overpopulating

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Use sunlight to make food

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Break down dead stuff

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Add nutrients to the soil

Question 55

In this Food Web Pyramid what is the proper name for the organisms above the producer level at the bottom.

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consumers

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herbivores

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carnivores

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omnivores

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