Food Web STAAR

Which organisms do not directly consume another organism for energy?

• Ravens and quails

• Cacti and seeds

• Kangaroo rats and crickets

• Gila monsters and desert tortoises

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A wetland food chain is shown below.

Which table shows the correct role of each organism?

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The table describes the energy sources for four unknown organisms. Which table correctly identifies the roles of the organisms?

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All energy transformations in an ecosystem begin with

• a scavenger

• the sun

• a decomposer

• a herbivore

Which of the following organisms is a herbivore.

• butterfly

• snake

• fox

• ladybird

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Which of the following organisms is a carnivore.

• greenfly

• titmouse

• mouse

• buzzard

In the energy pyramid below, which organism has the least amount of energy available?

• Producers

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

• Top Predator

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Which of the following best describes a relationship in this grassland?

• Badgers are top predators because they eat upland sandpipers and beetles.

• A producer-consumer relationship exists between lupines and ants.

• A predator-prey relationship exists between beetles and ground squirrels.

• Upland sandpipers are primary and secondary consumers because they eat grasses and grasshoppers.

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Which statement does NOT describe a relationship shown in the food web?

• Elk are prey for mountain lions.

• Mice are herbivores that consume grasses and are preyed on by snakes.

• Owls prey on rabbits and frogs.

• Rabbits consume shrubs and are parasites of grasses.

Which organisms have three carnivorous predators and a consumer-producer relationship with at least one organism?

• the organisms that fit in boxes 2, 3 and 7

• the organisms that fit in boxes 5 and 7

• the organisms that fit in boxes 4 and 6

• the organisms that fit in boxes 2 and 7 only

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