Ecology - Food Webs & Interactions

An organism that recycles nutrients through an ecosystem by consuming dead plants or animals is known as a(n)...

• Herbivore

• Apex Predator

• Producer

• Decomposer

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The role or position that a particular species occupies in an ecosystem, including the resources it uses and habitat that it occupies is called its...

• Ecological Niche

• Biome

• Echolocation

• Prey

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Plants and other organisms that form the base of a food chain or food web by harnessing energy from the sun are called...

• Consumers

• Decomposers

• Predators

• Producers

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In the food web pictured here, flies provide energy for...

• Dragonflies, Turtles, & Frogs

• Slugs & Fish

• Water Weeds & Algae

• Snakes, Frogs, & Kingfishers

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The relationship between ALL the organisms in a community showing who eats whom is called a ___________________________.

• Food Web
• Food Chain
• Abiotic Factors
• Biotic Factors

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An animal that eats only plants is a ______________________.

• carnivore
• omnivore
• herbivore
• decomposer

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

• There would be more food for secondary consumers.
• The number of primary consumers would increase.
• The number of plants would increase.
• The number of secondary consumers would increase.

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Identify the correct food chain that demonstrates the energy flow of this food web

• Plant > Caterpillar > Bluebird > Eagle
• Plant > Lizard > Snail
• Plant >Lizard > Snail >Eagle
• Eagle >Lizard>Caterpillar>Plant

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Limiting factors are

• The place where an organism naturally lives and grows

• The number of different species of plants and animals in an area

• Biotic or abiotic environmental factors that restrict the growth of a population

• How humans affect and interact with their surrounding environment

Which one describes a population?

• All the fish in the Atlantic Ocean

• All the birds in Central Park

• All the Great White Sharks in the Pacific Ocean

• All the trees in Yellowstone Nat. Par,