Food Chains

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Which food chain most accurately demonstrates the flow of energy in a shortgrass prairie ecosystem? Options: grasshopper → bird → rodent → buffalo, hawk → snake → mouse → grasshopper, grasshopper → mouse → snake → hawk, snake → hawk → skunk → mouse

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grasshopper → mouse → snake → hawk

Front

Which organism’s population would increase if finches were removed from the ecosystem? Options: Grass, Grasshopper, Snake, Hawk

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Grasshopper

Front

What would likely happen if the roadrunner population disappeared from its ecosystem?

Back

There would be an increase in scorpion populations.

Front

What is one example of the way that energy flows in the food chain above?

Back

Energy flows from grasshoppers to finches

Front

If the mice are removed from a grassland food chain, which animal population would most likely be affected first?

Back

Snakes

Front

The squirrel gets its energy directly from -
Options: sun, trees, other squirrels, hawk

Back

trees

Front

In this food chain, where does the lizard get its energy from? Options: plant, grasshopper, mushrooms, sun

Back

grasshopper

Front

What is a part of the food chain that makes its own food and nutrients?

Back

producer

Front

An animal that eats only plants is called a -

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herbivore

Front

An animal that eats both plants and animals is called a -
Options: omnivore, herbivore, carnivore, producer

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omnivore