CAT 4 SCIENCE - 5.9B

What is the original source of all the energy in this food web?

• Algae

• The Sun

• Minnows

• Insect larvae

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Which of the following best explains the primary role of decomposers in ecosystems? Decomposers–

• break down dead organisms and recycle materials.

• provide an important source of food for many animals.

• change matter that is not food into matter that is food.

• extract water from soil and release it into the atmosphere.

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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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The diagram illustrates a gulf food web.

Which of the following organisms provides energy for more than one other organism in the food web?

• Otter

• Herring gull

• Blue crab

• Diamondback terrapin

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The diagram shows a prairie food web.

Which organism in the food web would be classified as a producer?

• Deer

• Squirrel

• Plant seeds

• Field mouse

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