Environments and Food Chains Quiz

Environments and Food Chains

Multiple Choice

Which habitat most closely meets the needs of the fennec fox? 

• Q

• R

• S

• T

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is represented in the diagram?

• evaporation of water

• transfer of energy

• reflection of light

• animal life cycle

Multiple Choice

Frogs often live in freshwater ponds where they feed on insects and lay their eggs in the water. Sometimes they are eaten by snakes. Frog would leave the area if

• there were more insects

• the snakes all died out

• the water in the pond dried up

• there was a little more rain

Multiple Choice

Why aren't penguins found living in deserts and cacti found living in the Antarctic?

• To survive, organisms must live in ecosystems where their basic needs can be met.

• It is impossible for organisms to travel from one ecosystem to another ecosystem on the Earth.

• People decide where organisms live on the Earth.

• These animals were trapped in certain areas during migration.

Multiple Choice

What is the most likely first thing to result from there being fewer field mice in the food chain pictured?

• The snakes would have to find another source of food

• The plants that make seeds would decrease in number

• the eagle would have to fly away to another location

• The mice would eat many more kinds of seeds

Multiple Choice

Which basic need does a crab meet by digging a hole in the sand?

• Air

• Food

• Shelter

• Water

Multiple Choice

Which of the following would be considered a non-living part of a habitat?

• fish

• shark

• water

• seaweed

Multiple Choice

What effect would be the most likely direct result of increasing the number of fish?

• beetles would have trouble finding food

• There would be more kinds of plants

• the population of beetles would decrease

• plants would no longer survive in this habitat

Multiple Choice

Which organism in the food chain makes their own food?

• The plant AND grasshopper

• The owl AND frog

• The plant ONLY

• The Sun

Multiple Choice

Which part of this food chain receives energy last?

• The seagull

• The crab

• The alga

• The minnow