Evolution and Ecology

Multiple Choice

From where do producers get their energy?

• the ground
• other animals
• decomposers
• the sun

Multiple Choice

The process of using sunlight, carbon dioxide, and water to make sugar and oxygen is called _________?

• chlorophyll
• evaporation
• photosynthesis
• transportation

Multiple Choice

What type of organism makes its own food?

• consumer
• carnivore
• producer
• animal

Multiple Choice

Why is a deer classified as a herbivore?

• A deer makes its own food.
• A deer eats only plants.
• A deer eats only animals.
• A deer eats plants and animals.

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Why is a racoon classified as an omnivore?

• A racoon eats only animals.
• A racoon eats only plants.
• A racoon makes its own food.
• A racoon eats plants and animals.

Multiple Choice

What are organisms that use other organisms for food in order to gain energy?

• decomposers
• producers
• herbivores
• consumers

Multiple Choice

Which are decomposers?

• humans
• trees
• red wolves
• worms

Multiple Choice

A red wolf is a __________ and a ________.

• producer and hunter
• consumer and carnivore
• decomposer and carnivore
• decomposer and omnivore

Multiple Choice

Which are examples of consumers?

• grass and cows
• turtles and seaweed
• owls and bears
• sun and mushrooms

Multiple Choice

A living organism that puts materials from dead  plants and animals back to the soil is called a ____________?

• carnivore
• decomposer
• herbivore
• omnivore

Multiple Choice

The efficiency of energy transfer from a lower trophic level to the next highest level is roughly

• 1%
• 10%
• 100%
• 1000%

Multiple Choice

Biomass refers to

• Chemical Energy
• Light Energy
• Rank in the feeding heirarchy
• Amount of living tissue at the tropic level

Multiple Choice

Trophic levels are represented by 

• squares
• circles
• pyramids
• lines

Multiple Choice

Which organism is a primary consumer?

• snake

• mushroom

• grass

• grasshopper

Multiple Choice

2. Which organism is a tertiary consumer?

• owl

• snake

• bluebird

• grass

Multiple Choice

3. Which organism is a secondary consumer?

• mushroom

• owl

• bluebird

• snake

Multiple Choice

4. Which organism is a secondary consumer?

• grass

• snake

• owl

• grasshopper

Multiple Choice

5. Which organism is a producer?

• owl

• grasshopper

• grass

• snake

Multiple Choice

6. What is the tropic level of the vultures in the food chain?

• tertiary consumer

• secondary consumer

• apex predator

• Detrivore

Multiple Choice

7. What is the tropic level of the mushroom?

• Tertiary consumer

• producer

• apex predator

• decomposer

Multiple Choice

8. What is the tropic level of plants?

• decomposer

• consumer

• detritivore

• producer