SC 4 L 17 4

Here are the components of a swamp ecosystem. Which of the following shows the correct food chain for the names listed?

• Sun->Frog->Cricket->Leaves

• Sun->Leaves->Frog->Cricket

• Sun->Leaves->Cricket->Frog

• Frog->Cricket->Sun->Leaves

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

This is a food chain diagram. In the food chain diagram, what do the arrows represent?

• The life cycles of each organism

• How one organism changes to another

• How food is produced by many organisms

• The flow of energy through an ecosystem

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

About 50% of Florida’s natural land is covered by forest. Look at the example of a Florida forest food chain. Which of the following living things is a predator?

• None are predators

• The earthworm

• The grass

• The fox

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Use the food chain from question 4 to answer the question (above). Where does the producer in this food chain get its energy?

• From the earthworm

• From the sun

• From the bird

• From the fox

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

If one organism in a food web dies out...

• nothing will happen to the other organisms

• the whole food web will be affected and change

• only the plants will be affected

• only the animals will be affected

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

An organism in a food web that feeds directly on the producer.

• Primary Consumer

• Secondary Consumer

• Decomposer

• Carnivore

The process by which the characteristics of a species change over many generations in response to the environment.

• Adaptation 

• Interdependence 

• Niche

• Limiting Factors

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-4

Which animal in the following sequence is considered prey?
Penguin --> Seal --> Polar bear

• penguin

• seal

• both the penguin and seal

• polar bear

In a food chain what does the arrow ( -->) show?

• flow of oxygen

• flow of water

• flow of energy

• flow of food being eaten

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

In the Everglades, some rabbits eat march grass. Bobcats eat rabbits. How are bobcats and rabbits interacting?

• Rabbits are prey and bobcats are predators

• Rabbits are herbivores and bobcats are prey

• Rabbits are consumers and bobcats are producers

• Rabbits are carnivore and bobcats are herbivores

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-2