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What is the primary difference between food chains and food webs?
food webs show feeding relationships between different organisms, while food chains show how food webs interconnect in an ecosystem.
food chains and food webs are the same thing.
food chains and food webs are not related to each other.
food chains show feeding relationships between different organisms, while food webs show how food chains interconnect in an ecosystem.
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Which of the following is the correct definition of a producer in a food web?
animals that eat primary consumers
animals that eat producers
animals that eat secondary consumers
plants that generate food and energy for the ecosystem
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Which of the following terms describes animals that eat secondary consumers?
primary consumers
secondary consumers
tertiary consumers
producers
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Which of the following statements about consumer roles is true?
some animals can occupy more than one role in a food web.
all animals are primary consumers.
animals can only occupy one role in a food web.
all animals are secondary consumers.
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Which of the following terms describes animals that only consume producers/plants?
top carnivores
carnivores
herbivores
omnivores
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What do the arrows in a food web diagram represent?
the size of the organism populations
the movement of organisms in the ecosystem
the flow of energy between organisms
the lifespan of the organisms
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Which of the following is an example of interdependency in a food web?
if the rabbit population declines, the fox population will not be affected.
if a disease kills all the wheat plants, the mouse population will decline, leading to a decline in the owl population.
if the owl population increases, the mouse population will also increase.
if a disease kills all the wheat plants, mice will have more food sources.
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In a food web, animals that eat both plant and animal matter are called .
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What term describes animals that only eat other consumers in a food web?
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