Ecology Energy flow and Population

How are carnivores and herbivores similar

• They are producers

• They are herbivores

• They are consumers

• They are decomposers

What is the beginning energy source in an ecosystem

• Water

• Sunlight

• Wind

• Soil

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chose the best option that shows how energy flow in an ecosystem

• Decomposer-consumer-producer

• Consumer - producer- decomposer

• Decomposer-producer-consumer

• Producer-consumer-decomposer

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What would be a result if producers are removed from a food chain

• The consumers will survive

• The consumers will die and the food chain collapses

• The apex predator will survive

• Consumers survive by creating food through photosynthesis

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Why do predators need producers

• Predators eat producers

• Producers keep predators safe

• Producers are the food for the prey that predators eat

• Producers are great energy source for predators

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True or false: Plants and animals cannot survive without photosynthesis

• True

• False

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A fox in a forest ecosystem eats fruits and small birds which of the following best describes how the fox take part in the transfer of energy in the ecosystem?

• The fox transfers energy to the fruits and small birds

• The fruits release energy to the fox when it eats them

• The fox releases energy to the fruits and small birds

• The fruits and small birds transfers energy to the fox when it catches them

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Which organism will immediately increase if the bird population decreases

• Grass population

• Grasshopper population

• Fox population

• Bird population

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What is most likely to happen if the population of Fox suddenly decreased

• The lion population would increase

• The carrot population would increase

• The rabbit population will decrease

• The carrot population would decrease

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What will most likely happen if the population of snakes increased

• The population of grasshopper would increase

• The grass population would increase

• The frog population would increase

• the eagle population would decrease

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