If all the producers were removed from an ecosystem, how would a typical food chain be affected?

All organisms would eventually die.

There would be more decomposers in the ecosystem.

There would be more carnivores in the ecosystem.

There would be more herbivores in the ecosystem.

Grasshoppers, banana trees, frogs, and jaguars are organisms found in a tropical rainforest ecosystem. Which activity in a tropical rainforest ecosystem increases the amount of energy available to living things?

banana trees change sunlight into food and grow larger

jaguars search for macaws and other birds for food

f rogs feed on the flies that swarm around the water

frogs use the sunlight for energy

This food web shows some of the organisms in an African savannah. Which statement describes the flow of energy shown in this food web.

Energy flows from red oat grasses to wildebeests and rabbits.

Energy flows from cheetahs to wildebeests and rabbits.

Energy flows directly from cheetahs to red oat grasses.

Energy flows from red oat grasses to cheetahs.

During the winter months in Ohio, daylight hours are shorter and less energy is available in ecosystems. Which statement explains why less energy is available in ecosystems during the winter months?

Decomposers break down more waste.

Which statement describes the flow of energy through this ecosystem?

Herbivores provide energy to hawks and toads

Hawks get energy from stinkbugs

Stinkbugs provide energy to the mice

Producers get energy from mice and stinkbugs

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What is the role of plants in an ecosystem?

decomposer

producer

consumer

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What is the role of the owl?

herbivore

omnivore

carnivore

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What is the role of the grasshopper?

herbivore

omnivore

carnivore

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What is the role of the mouse?

herbivore

omnivore

carnivore

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What is the role of the fox?

herbivore

omnivore

carnivore

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What is the role of the rabbit?

herbivore

omnivore

carnivore

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What role do decomposers play in a food chain?

break down dead plants and animals into nutrients

produce their own energy through photosynthesis

consume living plants and animals for energy

prevent the flow of energy in a food chain

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What is the role of plants in an ecosystem?

What is the role of the owl?

What is the role of the grasshopper?

What is the role of the mouse?

What is the role of the fox?

What is the role of the rabbit?

What role do decomposers play in a food chain?

If additional snakes were introduced into this ecosystem, there will most likely be an immediate decrease in the……………..

If additional birds were introduced into this ecosystem, there will most likely be an immediate decrease in the……………..

An increase in the water beetle population would cause an increase in which organism?

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