Food Webs

Which best describes what a food chain shows you?

• Energy flow through an ecosystem
• Food flowing through an ecosystem
• Consumers going into other consumers
• Who eats who

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Where does the energy start in this food chain?

• Plant
• Sun
• Deer
• Wolf

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Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?

• Plant
• Rabbit
• Mouse
• Hawk

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Observe the food chain above. Which organism’s population would increase if finches were removed from the ecosystem?

• Grass

• Grasshopper

• Snake

• Hawk

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How many predators eat the rabbit for energy in this food web?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

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A fire destroyed the habitat of the Houston Toad.

The loss of habitat for the Houston Toad most likely affected 

the food web by -

• causing a decrease in the number 

  of wildflowers

• causing an increase in the number 

  of insects

• causing a decrease in the number 

  of armadillos

• causing an increase in the number 

  of opossums

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Look at the food web of a pond ecosystem.

Which food chain shows the correct flow of energy in the pond 

of the food web?

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The diagram shows an incomplete food chain. Which of the following would best complete this food chain?

• Producer

• Consumer

• Decomposer

• Animal

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Which is the correct transfer of energy or Food Chain?

• Sun > prairie grass > deer > snake

• Sun > plant seeds > robin > eagle

• Sun > plant seeds > robin > mountain lion

• Sun > plant seeds > field mouse > deer

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How would the removal of earthworms from the food chain affect the other organisms?

• The number of bass will increase.

• The number of crayfish will decrease.

• The crayfish will get their energy directly from the sun.

• The number of bass and ospreys (bird) will increase.

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