Biology 5090 · O Level · Energy flow

Energy flow — practice question

Fig. 2.1 displays a pond food web.
(a(i))[1]

State the energy source for this food web.

(a(ii))[2]

Finish Table 2.1 by entering the number of different organisms in this food web that match each description. The first entry has already been completed for you.

(a(iii))[2]

Use Fig. 2.1 to explain why the hawk feeds at two different trophic levels.

(b(i))[2]

Explain why shrews require more oxygen while they dive in very cold water.

(b(ii))[4]

Explain how the capacity of shrews to store oxygen may have evolved through natural selection.

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