which organisms are decomposers and should be a part of a food chain?
hawk and earthworm
squirrel and bacteria
tree and fungi
earthworm and fungi
the energy that organisms in food chains use for growth began as energy from ____
cardinal
sun
grass
cricket
which is correct to show how energy flows through a food chain
grass - sun - owl - mouse
grss - owl - sun - mouse
grass - mouse - owl - sun
sun - grass - mouse - owl
plant-grasshopper-frog-snake: if a group of foxes is introduced and begins eating frogs, what will most likely happen?
There will be more grasshoppers in the area
frogs will begin to eat plants
there will be more snakes in the area
snakes will begin to eat grasshoppers
a population of deer recently increased in size. Which most likely could have caused the deer population to increase?
food sources were hard to find
their habitat was destroyed
their predators were disappearing
a disease was spreading
Mice are the main food source for a coyote population. Which is most likely to happen to coyotes if a new predator begins eating the mice?
the coyotes will produce more young
each coyote will spend less time hunting food
there will be fewer coyotes
more coyotes will arrive from other locations
plants-grasshoppers-spiders-birds-snakes; If the spiders in this food web don't have enough to eat, it is probablty because
the number of birds increase
the birds stop eating the spiders
the grasshoppers do not have enough to eat
the snakes stop eating the grasshoppers
All the living things that live together in the same place and interact with each other
consumers
community
population
ecosystem
a type of plant or animal that has so few living members left that they are in big danger of disappearing forever
overabundant
extinct
ecosystem
endangered
When too many of one plant or animal are living in one place
endangered
extinct
overabundant
community
A type of animal or plant that is completely gone from the earth and no longer exists
endangered
extinct
ecosystem
overabundant
a living thing
extinct
community
organism
endangered
