NGSS: Keystone Species [A]

What do we call the variety of life in an ecosystem?

• Producer
• Biology
• Biodiversity
• Keystone species

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What is an animal that is hunted by a predator called?

• Keystone species
• Producer
• Consumer
• Prey

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What is an organism that uses energy from the Sun during photosynthesis?

• Predator
• Prey
• Producer
• Keystone species

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Which of the following best describes a relationship between an herbivore and a producer?

• An herbivore obtains energy from a producer for body repair, growth, motion, and to maintain body warmth.
• An herbivore is the prey of a producer.
• A producer provides energy to an herbivore when it releases carbon dioxide.

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What is the relationship between animals’ food and the Sun?

• Producers eat energy from the Sun.
• Animals’ food contains matter from the Sun.
• The energy in animals’ food was once energy from the Sun.

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Which food chain correctly shows a flow of energy in the Yellowstone National Park ecosystem?

• Sun → grass → elk → berries
• Gray wolf → bison → grass → Sun
• Sun → grass → elk → gray wolf

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Which organisms in the food web are producers?

• Dingoes
• Grasses and seeds
• Kangaroos and bush rats
• Goannas and bush rats

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Energy moves directly from the kangaroo to—

• the dingo.
• grasses and seeds.
• the bush rat.
• the wedge-tailed eagle.

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Which organisms in this food web have a predator-prey relationship with each other?

• Bush rat and seeds
• Wedge-tailed eagle and dingo
• Dingo and goanna
• Kangaroo and bush rat

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What is the relationship between a keystone species and its ecosystem?

• A keystone species is always the top predator in an ecosystem.
• A keystone species is essential to maintain balance and biodiversity in its ecosystem.
• A keystone species provides energy to all other organisms in the ecosystem.
• A keystone species is always a producer.

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