Food Webs and Webs Quiz

What is a food web?

Answer explanation

A food web is the interconnecting or

overlapping food chains in an

ecosystem.

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What would happen if the snake population decreases?

Answer explanation

The hawk population would decrease.

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When do we consider the ecosystem to be in equilibrium?

Answer explanation

We consider it to be in equilibrium

when the population of organisms in

all the levels of the ecosystem is

balanced.

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What happens to energy as we move up from one step to another in a chain or web?

Answer explanation

Energy decreases as we move up the food chain or web.

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What is a food chain?

Answer explanation

It is a linear sequence of organisms showing how energy or nutrients flows

through an ecosystem when one organism consumes another.

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Name the producer in the food chain.

Answer explanation

Grass

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Which of the following is a producer?

• Skunk

• Caterpillar

• Rabbit

• Plants

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Which of the following is an omnivore?

• Skunk

• Caterpillar

• Rabbit

• Plants

List any three consumers from the food web.

Answer explanation

Skunk, squirrel, and rabbit.

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List any three herbivores from the food web.

Answer explanation

Squirrel, caterpillar, and rabbit.

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