Food Web STAAR

What role to bobcats play in a forest food web?

• Bobcats break down dead plants and animals and return nutrients to the soil

• Bobcats are consumers of marmots and grouses

• Bobcats produce their own energy

• Bobcats are predators of grasses and berries

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NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A partial forest food web is shown. What role do turkeys play in this food web?

• Decomposer

• Predator

• Consumer

• Producer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A partial tundra food web is shown. Based on the information in the food web, which of the following food chains shows one way energy flows in this ecosystem?

• Lichen > Arctic hare > muskox

• Arctic wolf > muskox > lichen

• Lichen > Lemming > Arctic hare Arctic fox

• Lichen > Lemming > Ermine > Arctic fox

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A partial forest food web is shown. Which statement correctly describes the transfer of energy in a food chain in this ecosystem?

• Energy is transferred from berries to bears to elk

• Energy is transferred from grasses to marmots to bobcats

• Energy is transferred from bobcats to grouses to grasses

• Energy is transferred from grasses to elk to grouses

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A partial forest food web is shown. Which organism in this food web eat only consumers?

• Squirrels, turkeys, and caterpillars only

• Squirrels, turkeys, caterpillars, and skunks only

• Hawks, bobcats, and owls only

• Bobcats only

A partial food web of organisms who live in and around the Amazon River is shown. Which statement describes the transfer of energy in a food chain in this ecosystem?

• Anacondas > pacus > water plants

• Water plants > capybaras > caimans

• Water plants > pacus > capybaras

• Caimans > anacondas > capybaras > water plants

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Which type of organism is missing from this food web?

• Decomposer

• Predator

• Consumer

• Producer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A partial rain forest food web is shown. How many types of organisms in this food web obtain energy directly from producers?

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

A partial hedgerow food web is shown. Which table shows the correct role of organisms in the food web?

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A partial swamp food web is shown. In this food web, energy is transferred directly between-

• mosquitos and mudskippers

• kingfishers and mangrove crabs

• prawn and mosquito larvae

• kingfishers and mangrove trees

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-2