Animal Food Chains

If the wheat plants die, what would happen to the mice population?

• The mice population would increase.

• The mice population would decrease.

• The mice population would remain about the same.

• The mice population would increase and then decrease.

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Alex studied the table and made a prediction about the changing population numbers of various animals in a habitat.

Which statement is the most accurate prediction about the rise in population of rabbits over the last 4 years according to the roles each animal might play in a food chain?

• The rabbit population increased because the squirrel population increased.

• The rabbit population increased because the duck population increased.

• The rabbit population increased because the fox population decreased.

• The rabbit population increased because the squirrel population decreased.

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Alex studied the table and made a prediction about the changing population numbers of various animals in a habitat.

Which statement is the most accurate prediction about the rise in population of rabbits over the last 4 years according to the roles each animal might play in a food chain?

• The rabbit population increased because the squirrel population increased.

• The rabbit population increased because the duck population increased.

• The rabbit population increased because the fox population decreased.

• The rabbit population increased because the squirrel population decreased.

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Use the diagram to answer the question.

Susan studies the diagram above.

Which term describes the relationship between the owl and the fox in the diagram?

• collaborators

• competitors

• decomposers

• producers

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Use the diagram to answer the question.

Susan studies the diagram above.

Which term describes the rabbit?

• consumer

• predator

• prey

• producer

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

• frog

• mouse

• snake

• hawk

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Which food chain is in the correct order?

• grass >> beetle >> frog >> raccoon

• grass >> frog >> beetle >> raccoon

• raccoon >> frog >> beetle >> grass

• frog >> beetle >> grass >> raccoon

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Which organism would function best in this habitat?

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In a forest ecosystem a hawk is a predator, and its prey is a mouse.

What will most likely happen if the number of hawks declines?

• The number of mice will barely decrease.

• The number of mice will greatly decrease.

• The number of mice will stay the same.

• The number of mice will increase.

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