Food Chains and Habitats

The complex network of food chains in an ecosystem is called:

• Food Web

• Food Chain

• Ecosystem

• Population

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An ordered arrangement of animals and plants in which each feeds on the one below it in the chain is called:

• Habitat

• Population

• Food Chain

• Food Web

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Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?

• Hawk

• Spider

• Grasshopper

• Shrew

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How many carnivores are shown in this food web?

• 6

• 4

• 5

• 3

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What does a food web represent?

• All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.

• The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.

• A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 

• How carnivores get their food. 

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Which organism recieves the least amount of energy from the producer?

• Owl

• Grasshopper

• Lilypad

• Mouse

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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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Why is there a limited amount of energy that can be passed on to the next feeding level?

• There is never enough sunlight available. 

• Some ecosystems have limited resources. 

• Organisms use some of the energy they get from eating.

• All the energy is available to be passed on. 

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Which of the following is a list of producers?

• Maple tree, sunflower, grass

• Sunfish, apple tree, ferns

• moss, bunny, water

• tulips, Bears, snakes

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An animal that is hunted and eaten for food is a 

• predator

• prey

• population