Refer to the food web illustrated to the right below to answer questions 1 through 10. answer the following questions by writing on the blank lines the letter of the word or phrase that best completes the statement or answers the question. eagle bear 1. according to the food web, which organisms are snake omnivores? (a) the shake, the bear, and the fish (b) the fish and the eagle (c) the bear and the fish (d) the snake and the mouse zooplankton fish the mouse and the zooplankton are considered to be (a) producers. (b) primary consumers. (c) secondary consumers. (d) tertiary phytoplankton consumers. mouse plants and seeds 3.d the eagle is considered to be a (a) producer. (b) primary consumer. (c) secondary consumer. tertiary consumer. removal of which of the following organisms would result in the complete collapse of this food web? (a) the fish and the snake (b) the bear and the eagle (c) the snake and the mouse (d) the phytoplankton and the plants and seeds. if you were placing the organisms of this food web onto the different levels of a pyramid of numbers, which of the following would you place at the very top of the pyramid? (a) the snake (b) the eagle (c) the mouse (d) the zooplankton the reason that the organism you chose for question 5 is at the top of the pyramid of numbers is that (a) many other organisms feed on it, reducing its population size. (b) there is not enough energy available to support large populations of species that occur at the top of the energy pyramid. (c) it feeds on producers and populations of producers are usually small. (d) it is a scavenger and feeds on carrion. the standing crop of phytoplankton is (a) greater than the standing crop of fish. (b) less than the standing crop of fish. (c) the same as the standing crop of fish. the biomass of phytoplankton is (a) greater than the biomass of fish. (b) less than the biomass of fish. (c) the same as the biomass of fish. 2741-a (over) 177