Biology 0610 · IGCSE · Food chains and food webs

Food chains and food webs — practice question

Fig. 8.1 presents a section of a food web.
(a(i))[1]

State the main source of energy for this food web.

(a(ii))[1]

Explain what the arrows in Fig. 8.1 stand for.

(a(iii))[1]

State how many different secondary consumers are present in this food web.

(a(iv))[1]

Name the organism that acts as both a secondary and a tertiary consumer.

(a(v))[3]

State what would happen to the number of hawks if every snake in this food web died. Explain your answer.

(b(i))[1]

Add this information onto Fig. 8.1. There is no need to draw an eagle.

(b(ii))[2]

State one factor that will raise the eagle population and one factor that will lower the eagle population.

(b(iii))[2]

Define what is meant by population.

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