Which of the following is most likely to decrease biodiversity?

Protecting more land from future housing developments


Reintroducing natural predators to an area


Clearing a forest to raise livestock for a nearby town


Adding native plants to a suburban garden

In the Kelp forest ecosystem, sea urchins eat kelp, and sea otters eat sea urchins.

What is the role of sea urchins in this ecosystem?


primary consumers


secondary consumers


primary producers


producers

What is the correct order of energy flow in an ecosystem?



sun → grass → rabbit


sun → rabbit → grass


fox → rabbit → grass


sun → fox → rabbit


A savannah ecosystem includes grasses, zebras, and lions, and elephants.

Which of the following has the greatest overall biomass in this ecosystem?



grasses


lions


zebras


elephants