Apex Predator

Which of these keeps prey populations under control?

• apex predator

• zebra

• producer

• decomposer

Which animal is the apex predator in this food web?

• eagle

• mouse

• spider

• snake

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What might happen if there were no apex predators in this ecosystem?

• zebra population would grow fast

• other animals wouldn't have enough grass to eat

• the food web would be out balance

• all of the above

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Which of these keeps prey populations under control?

• apex predator

• producer

• zebra

• decomposer

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Which animal is the apex predator (no one eats it) in this food web?

• eagle

• mouse

• spider

• snake

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a relationship between two in which one species, the predator, feeds on the other species, the prey

• chemosynthesis

• predation

• cellular respiration 

• commensalism

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Which of these animals is an apex predator?

• spider

• eagle

• mouse

• snake

What might happen if there were no apex predators in this ecosystem?

• zebra population would grow fast

• the food web would be out of balance

• other animals wouldn't have enough grass to eat

• all of the above

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Give an example of an apex predator in an ecosystem food web.

• Water

• Lion

• Sunlight

• Grass

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Explain the role of an apex predator in an ecosystem.

• Apex predators maintain the balance of populations in the ecosystem by controlling the numbers of other species.

• Apex predators reduce the amount of oxygen in the ecosystem.

• Apex predators create new species in the ecosystem.

• Apex predators increase the acidity of the ecosystem.

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