Ecology Quizizz 3

Name the animals that directly control the producer (plant) populations.

• hawks and lizards

• mountain lion

• badger and snake

• pronghorn and rodents

Name the consumers that control the rodent population.

• snake and badger

• pronghorn

• coyote

• bats

If a drought came to his area, which predicts the most likely affect on the pronghorn population?

• Fewer plants, which means pronghorn population would decrease

• Less competition, so the population would increase

What affects how many skunks an ecosystem can support?

• the altitude

• temperature

• predators

• food sources

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Living Parts

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(b) Nonliving Parts

• Nutrients

• Abiotic

• Producers

• Decomposers

• Biotic

• Temperature

• Sunlight

• Consumers

• Rainfall

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Consumers

,

(b) Producers

• Get energy from eating plants

• 
• Do photosynthesis

• Get energy from eating animals

• Use sunlight for energy

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• Animals

An animal dies and it then ​ (a)   . The animal's body is broken down by​ (b)   . The nutrients are then put back into the ​ ​ (c)   .

• decays
• decomposers
• soil
• producers
• plant
• lives

Wolves hunt and eat deer. If a deadly disease affects the deer population. The deer population will ​ (a)  

​ and the wolf population will ​ (b)   .​

• decrease
• increase
• stays the same

Select the statement that is true

• As the predator population increases, the prey population decreases.

• As the predator population increases, the prey population increases

A finch is a bird. Choose the food web that makes sense

• grass > sun > finch > owl

• grasshopper > grass > finch > owl

• sun > grass > grasshopper > finch > owl