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Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 35mins
The shortgrass prairie is an ecosystem found in the Great Plains. Many different populations of animals depend on the prairie ecosystem for survival. A typical community includes animals such as snakes, birds, mice, rodents, and insects.
Which food chain most accurately demonstrates the flow of energy in a shortgrass prairie ecosystem?
grasshopper → bird → rodent → buffalo
hawk → snake → mouse → grasshopper
grasshopper → mouse → snake → hawk
snake → hawk → skunk → mouse
Observe the food chain above. Which organism’s population would increase if finches were removed from the ecosystem?
Grass
Grasshopper
Snake
Hawk
What is one example of the way that energy flows in the food chain above?
Energy flows from grass to the Sun
Energy flows from hawks to snakes
Energy flows from grasshoppers to finches
Energy flows from snakes to finches
The diagram shows a grassland food chain. If the mice are removed from this food chain, which animal population would most likely be affected first?
Plant Seeds
Field Mice
Snakes
Mountain Lions
The diagram shows a food chain.
The squirrel gets its energy directly from -
sun
trees
other squirrels
hawk
In this food chain, where does the lizard get its energy from?
plant
grasshopper
mushrooms
sun
What is a part of the food chain that makes its own food and nutrients?
consumer
producer
omnivore
sun
An animal that eats only plants is called a -
carnivore
omnivore
insectivore
herbivore
An animal that eats both plants and animals is called a -
omnivore
herbivore
carnivore
producer
