Populations and Foodchains

What is another name for producer?

• consumer
• herbivore
• plant
• decomposer

What does every food chain start with?

• producers
• sun
• consumer
• decomposers

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An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:

• Consumer
• Producer

Consumer that eats plants

• secondary consumer
• primary consumer
• producer
• tertiary consumer

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The rabbit in this food web would be considered a:

• Decomposer
• Producer
• Secondary Consumer
• Primary Consumer

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Where is the most energy in this food pyramid?

• Producers
• Primary Consumers
• Secondary Consumers
• Tertiary Consumers

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What does a Secondary Consumer eat?

• Tertiary Consumers
• Primary Consumers
• Producers
• Secondary Consumers

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Energy increases as you move up the food pyramid (from bottom to top).

• True 
• False

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Recently, a family of bobcats moved into an area with a large rabbit population. What changes may occur in the ecosystem?

• The rabbit population may increase
• The rabbit population may decrease
• The rabbit population may increase first, then decrease
• The rabbit population will remain the same

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The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?

• They point to the organism that is being eaten.
• It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.
• They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. 
• They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

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