Food Webs

The diagram represents a food web.

Which animal in the food web will be negatively impacted first if the cricket population decreases?

• deer

• mouse

• rabbit

• snake

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The diagram represents a food web.

Which animal will be negatively impacted first if the frog population decreases?

• cricket

• deer

• mouse

• owl

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Which animal receives the most amount of energy in its diet from the Sun?

• frog

• mouse

• snake

• hawk

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If the sunlight stopped shining on the ecosystem, what would most likely happen after one month?

• Everything would continue to grow.

• The fish would die, but everything else would continue to grow.

• The green plants would die, but everything else would continue to grow.

• Everything would die.

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• Food chain

• Food web

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Which of the following is an example of a food web?

• Grass → Rabbit → Fox

• Grass → Cow → Human

• Grass, Rabbit, Fox, Hawk, Snake

• Grass → Rabbit → Snake → Hawk

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Identify the organisms in this food web with their categories.

• Secondary Consumer

• Eagle

• Producer

• Snake

• Primary Consumer

• Deer

• Tertiary Consumer (or apex predator)

• Tree

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Use the food web pictured.

A farmer is using chemicals nearby, which ends up destroying the grass. The ​ (a)   populations would decrease since they consume the grass. The ​ (b)   populations would also decrease since their food sources have decreased. Lastly, the ​ (c)   populations would decrease.

• grasshopper, mouse, and rabbit

• bird, frog, owl, and fox

• snake and hawk

• frog, mouse, and rabbit

• snake, owl, and fox

• bird, frog, and mouse

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Look at the food web shown above. Which organisms are producers?

• Deer and mice

• Grass and shrubs

• Snakes and hawks

• Grasshoppers and frogs

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Which of the following best describes the relationship between food chains and food webs?

• Food chains are more complex than food webs

• Food webs are made up of multiple interconnected food chains

• Food chains and food webs are the same

• Food webs exclude decomposers

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