Food Web
Energy Web
Definitions
Multiple Choice
Questions
100
What would happen if the mouse population started to disappear?
There would be fewer rattlesnakes and coyotes.
100
Which statement represents a competition?
A. a wolf eats a boar, and a crane eats grasss
B. A crane nests in marshes, a hare hides in grass
C. A hare and a lynx drink from the same river.
C. A hare and a lynx drink from the same river.
100
What is a scientist that studies ecosystems called?
ecologist
100
Which is an instinct?
A. Dogs shaking hands
B. Monkeys riding unicycles
C. Groundhogs hibernating
C. Groundhogs hibernating
100
Which is an adaptation of organisms that helps them survive?
A. Salmon and red knots migrate to reproduce or to raise their young
B. Bears' diet includes fruit, nuts, honey, and plants.
C. Diamondback rattlesnakes lie coiled under a bush
A. Salmon and red knots migrate to reproduce or to raise their young
200
How does energy move to the coyote?
1. Energy moves from the grasshopper to the mouse to the coyote.
2. From the grasshopper to the coyote
3. From the grasshopper to the prairie dog to the coyote
4. From the prairie dog to the rattlesnake to the coyote
200
Why are decomposers important to an ecosystem?
They break down dead things and add minerals ans nutrients to the soil.
200
What is the name of the job God gave to people to manage the world?
Dominion
200
What is a learned behavior?
A. Spiders spinning webs
B. Dogs sitting on command
C. Cats catching mice
B. Dogs sitting on command
200
What is the difference between a community and a population?
A community is all of the populations of organisms. A population is all of the organisms of one kind.
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300
Which factors in a web are abotic factors?
trees, temperture, birds
temperature
300
What is the difference between the ways producers and consumers get energy?
Producers get energy directly from the sun. Consumers get energy from the producers.
300
What kind of symbiosis is an interaction that helps both partners or organisms?
mutalism
300
What is one reason why animals may migrate?
A. To sleep when food supply is too low
B. To use very little energy
C. To avoid weather that is too hot or too cold
C. To avoid weather that is too hot or too cold
300
What is the difference between a food chain and a food web?
A food chain only shows one food source for an organism, while a food web shows more than one food source for each organism.
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400
What type of consumer is the rattlesnake? herbivore, omnivore, carnivore
carnivore
400
How does an energy pyramid show the flow of energy from one organism to another organism?
Each level passes only a small amount of its available energy to the level above.
400
What does abiotic mean?
non-living parts of ecosystems
400
What is a reason why some animals hibernate?
A. To search for food or water resources
B. To reduce breathing and heart rates to conserve energy
C. To reproduce or raise their young
B. To reduce breathing and heart rates to conserve energy
400
What are 2 reasons why Christians should learn about the interactions in ecosystems?
To exercise good dominion by living in habitats without destroying them, and to obey God's command and be good stewarts of His creation.
500
What type of consumer is the prairie dog? Herbivore, omnivore, carnivore
omnivore
500
Why does the energy pyramid have more producers than carnivores?
There must be more producers to provide enough energy for the carnivores.
500
What does biotic mean?
Living things in an ecosystem
500
Which is a biblical view of adaptation?
A. God designed organisms with the ability to adapt to survive in a fallen world.
B. God designed organisms to adapt through small changes over millions of years.
C. God designed a tree-climbing mammal to adapt to become the cat kind and the dog kind.
A. God designed organisms with the ability to adapt to survive in a fallen world.
500
The lion uses its speed and claws to hunt. When the lion hunts, it helps control the zebra population. What is ths role called?
A. its niche B. its habitat C. its learned behavior
A. its niche