Staar Review - Food Webs

All energy transformations in an ecosystem begin with

• a scavenger
• the sun
• a decomposer
• a herbivore

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a deer population has significantly increased, the best hypothesis is 

• the deer's main predator has been eliminated
• competition increased
• decreased water levels of local ponds
• organisms that rely on similar food sources migrated to the area

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Which event is the best example of competition between species in a pond?

• dragonflies landing on lily pads
• lizards and snakes lying in the sun
• hawks eating mice
• frogs and toads eating flies

Which relationship describes predator/prey

• hawks and shrubs
• mountain lion and deer
• frogs and trees
• grasses and crickets

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an organism that can produce its own food through photosynthesis

• consumer
• heterotroph
• autotroph
• herbivore

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Biodiversity is 

• the variety of species within an ecosystem
• a large number of the same species in an ecosystem
• an abundant amount of the same primary consumers 
• the ability to have an abundant source from the same species

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an example of producer consumer relationship would be

• lion eating a deer
• grasshopper getting energy from grass
• hawk getting energy from snakes
• earthworm breaking down dead material

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Which of these is an example of an autotroph?

• Sunflower
• Krill
• Leopard
• Hummingbird

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Consumer that eats plants

• heterotroph
• herbivore
• producer
• community

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

• True 
• False

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