Energy Flow in Ecosystems

Based on the chart, shrews are...

• producers

• carnivores

• herbivores

• omnivores

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which organisms should have the greatest biomass in this community?

• snakes

• hawks

• plants

• grasshoppers

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which organisms are in interspecific competition for prey?

• snakes and hawks

• spiders and snakes

• shrews and snakes

• grasshoppers and spiders

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

All the nutritional relationships that exist within this community can best be represented by a

• food chain

• population

• food web

• line graph

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of the following is true?

• Level A contains the most producers

• Organisms in level B get food directly from level A

• Level C contains the largest group of consumers

• Level D contains the most heterotrophs

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which level of the pyramid contains autotrophic organisms?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which is a possible food chain from this energy pyramid?

• sunfish -> Algae -> great blue heron -> crustaceans

• great blue heron -> crustaceans -> sunfish -> algae

• algae -> crustaceans -> sunfish -> great blue heron

• crustaceans -> great blue heron -> algae -> sunfish

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which level of the pyramid contains the greatest biomass?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which group of organisms have the largest biomass in this meadow environment?

• deer

• wolves

• mice

• grasses

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which food chain sequence can be found in this meadow?

• fruit -> toad -> snake -> mouse

• snake -> grasshopper -> deer -> wolf

• mouse -> raccoon -> snake -> toad

• grass -> grasshopper -> raccoon -> wolf

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2