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1 Conservationists counted the number of organisms in each feeding level for one food chain in a
rainforest.

The data were used to draw a pyramid of numbers.

The table shows the data.

width of the bar in the

feeding level number of organisms
pyramid of numbers / cm

producer 4 0.4

primary consumer 100 10.0

secondary consumer 26 2.6

tertiary consumer 8 0.8

Using the information in the table, draw a pyramid of numbers on the grid. Each small square on
the grid is 0.2 cm wide.

Label each bar with the feeding level.

[4]

[Total: 4]
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2 The diagram shows part of the carbon cycle.

Draw one arrow on the diagram to represent respiration in plants. [1]

[Total: 1]
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3 The diagram is a drawing of a rain forest food web.

State the number of carnivore species shown in the rain forest food web.

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[Total: 1]
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4 The diagram is a drawing of a rain forest food web.

State the name of one herbivore shown in the rain forest food web.

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[Total: 1]
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5 The diagram is a drawing of a rain forest food web.

State the name of one producer shown in the rain forest food web.

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[Total: 1]
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6 The diagram shows the water cycle.

Identify processes X and Y in the diagram.

X ...............................................................................................................................................

Y ............................................................................................................................................... [2]

[Total: 2]
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7 The diagram is a drawing of a rainforest food web.

Use the information in the rain forest food web to complete the food chain that contains the howler
monkey and three other organisms.

howler
→ → →
monkey
................................ ................................. .................................

[2]

[Total: 2]
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8 Conservationists counted the number of organisms in each feeding level for one food chain in a
rainforest.

The data were used to draw a pyramid of numbers.

The table shows the data.

width of the bar in the

feeding level number of organisms
pyramid of numbers / cm

producer 4 0.4

primary consumer 100 10.0

secondary consumer 26

tertiary consumer 8 0.8

Complete the table by calculating the width of the bar for the secondary consumer feeding level.

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[Total: 1]

9 State the principal source of energy for food webs.

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[Total: 1]
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10 The diagram is a drawing of a rainforest food web.

Overhunting of golden lion tamarins caused the population of anacondas and sloths to change.

Explain why the populations of:

• anacondas decrease
• sloths increase.

anacondas ...............................................................................................................................

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sloths ........................................................................................................................................

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[Total: 2]
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11 Coral reefs are important ecosystems.

The photograph shows a coral reef.

The diagram is part of a food web for a coral reef ecosystem which is similar to the one shown in
the photograph.

State the evidence from the food web that phytoplankton are producers.

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[Total: 1]
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12 Coral reefs are important ecosystems.

The photograph shows a coral reef.

The diagram is part of a food web for a coral reef ecosystem which is similar to the one shown in
the photograph.

State the name of a species that feeds at more than one trophic level in the food web.

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[Total: 1]
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13 Coral reefs are important ecosystems.

The photograph shows a coral reef.

The diagram is part of a food web for a coral reef ecosystem which is similar to the one shown in
the photograph.

State the number of different organisms in the shortest food chain in the food web.

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[Total: 1]
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14 Coral reefs are important ecosystems.

The photograph shows a coral reef.

The diagram is part of a food web for a coral reef ecosystem which is similar to the one shown in
the photograph.

State the number of secondary consumers shown in the food web.

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[Total: 1]
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15 Diagram A shows some organisms collected from underneath a rotting log.

diagram A

Diagram B can be used to identify these organisms.

diagram B
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Some students used diagram B to identify and count the numbers of each soil organism.

Some of their results are shown in the table.

herbivores carnivores

names of ground rove

millipedes potworms slugs soil mites springtails centipedes
organisms beetles beetles

number of
.......... 3 1 .......... 7 2 .......... ..........
organisms

total
number of 21 7
organisms

Complete the table by identifying and counting the four remaining named organisms in diagram A.

Write your answers in the four spaces in the table. [2]

[Total: 2]

16 Define the terms herbivore and carnivore.

herbivore ..................................................................................................................................

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carnivore ..................................................................................................................................

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[Total: 2]
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17 The diagram shows a food web.

The table shows some of the terms used to describe the organisms in the diagram.

Place tick(s) (✓) in all the boxes in the table that correctly describe each organism.

producer consumer herbivore carnivore

coyote

jack rabbit

rattlesnake

yucca plant

[4]

[Total: 4]
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18 The diagram shows a food web.

State the name of the organism in the diagram that is both a secondary and a tertiary consumer.

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[Total: 1]

19 The diagram shows a food web.

State the number of trophic levels in the food web in the diagram.

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[Total: 1]