
5.9.B Describe The Flow Of Energy In A Food Chain/Web
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Grade 5
Science (2010) (Archived)
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- Q1The food web below represents organisms in a field. What role do raccoons play in this food web?ConsumerProducerDecomposerPrey60s5.9.B: Organisms and Environments
- Q2The diets of several types of prairie animals are described in the table below. Which of the following prairie food chains is in the correct order?Eagles →prairie dogs→ coyotesWildflowers →badgers→ grasshoppersGrasses→ prairie dogs→ badgersSparrows →seeds →insects60s5.9.B: Organisms and Environments
- Q3Which table shows the correct role of each organism in the food chain below? Algae→ shrimp →arctic cod→ ringed seals→ polar bears#texas/18dd64af-a528-4b11-9ac3-fc301d102a51/B.png#texas/18dd64af-a528-4b11-9ac3-fc301d102a51/C.png#texas/18dd64af-a528-4b11-9ac3-fc301d102a51/D.png#texas/18dd64af-a528-4b11-9ac3-fc301d102a51/A.png60s5.9.B: Organisms and Environments
- Q4In a food chain, energy does NOT flow directly from —consumer to producerproducer to decomposerconsumer to decomposerproducer to consumer60s5.9.B: Organisms and Environments
- Q5The food web below is made up of organisms that live in a forest. Which change would most likely occur if all the producers in this ecosystem were removed?The number of mice would increase.All the animal populations would increase.The mice would become the new producersAll the animals would either die or move away.60s5.9.B: Organisms and Environments
- Q6A freshwater ecosystem has various food webs. One of these food webs is shown below. Which organisms transfer the most energy within the food web?Algae, because they are the producers in this webBass, because they are predators in this webCopepods, because they support two chains in this webCrayfish, because they are at the bottom of this web60s5.9.B: Organisms and Environments
- Q7A food web for some organisms in an African rain forest is shown below. Which organisms in this food web eat only consumers?CivetsGorillasOkapisLeopards60s5.9.B: Organisms and Environments
- Q8A partial food web of a pond ecosystem is shown below. Which type of organism is missing from this food web?ConsumersProducersDecomposersPredators60s5.9.B: Organisms and Environments
- Q9A partial forest food web is shown. In this food web, energy is transferred directly between —conifer leaves and northern goshawkselk and sharp-shinned hawksconifer seeds and red crossbillsblue grouse and wolves60s5.9.B: Organisms and Environments
- Q10Many desert animals depend on the prickly pear cactus. What role does the prickly pear cactus play in a desert food web?It returns nutrients to the soil.It preys upon other organisms.It obtains energy from producers.It provides energy to consumers.60s5.9.B: Organisms and Environments
- Q11Big Bend National Park is located in the part of the Chihuahuan Desert that is in southwestern Texas. The table below lists some of the types of animals that live in Big Bend and what they eat. Based on the information in the table, which of the following food chains shows one way energy flows in the Big Bend ecosystem?Juniper berries → ornate box turtles → roadrunners → rock squirrelsMesquite beans → turkey vultures → roadrunners → western rattlesnakesCacti → ornate box turtles → turkey vulturesGrasses → rock squirrels → roadrunners60s5.9.B: Organisms and Environments