Quiz about Food Chains, Food Webs and Tropic Levels

Question 1

What is a producer?

Accepted Answer

an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food

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an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms

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an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste

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an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food

Question 2

What is a herbivore?

Accepted Answer

an organism that gets energy from eating only plants

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an animal that gets energy from eating other animals

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an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals

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an animal that eats only herbs

Question 3

An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms is a ______________.

Accepted Answer

consumer

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producer

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decomposer

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prey

Question 4

An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste is a(an) ___________.

Accepted Answer

decomposer

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producer

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consumer

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autotroph

Question 5

An animal that is hunted and eaten for food is a __________.

Accepted Answer

prey

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predator

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population

Question 6

What is a carnivore?

Accepted Answer

an animal that gets energy by eating other animals

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An animal that gets energy by eating only plants

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an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals

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an animal that makes its own energy through photosynthesis

Question 7

An animal that gets energy from eating both plants and animals is a(an) _____________.

Accepted Answer

omnivore

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herbivore

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carnivore

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autotroph

Question 8

A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________.

Accepted Answer

food web

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ecosystem

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environment

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population

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT a consumer?

Accepted Answer

grass

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dog

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shark

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fish

Question 10

The shrew provides energy for the _______.

Accepted Answer

snake

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cricket

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grasshopper

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frog

Question 11

Which of the following is a herbivore?

Accepted Answer

cricket

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frog

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hawk

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shrew

Question 12

Where do all life forms get their energy?

Accepted Answer

The Sun

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Earth's Core

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Water

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Plants

Question 13

What percentage of energy is passed on to each tropic level?

Accepted Answer

10%

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50%

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90%

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100%

Question 14

The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?

Accepted Answer

They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms.

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They point to the organism that is being eaten.

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It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.

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They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

Question 15

How is a food web different from a food chain?

Accepted Answer

Food webs contain many different,linked food chains.

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Foods webs contain only producers, not consumers.

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Food webs do not include decomposers.

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Food webs exist in aquatic environment;food chain exist in terrestrial environment

Question 16

How are primary consumers different from secondary consumers?

Accepted Answer

Primary consumers eat only plants;secondary consumers eat other consumers.

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Primary consumers eat other consumers;secondary consumers eat only plants.

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primary consumers eat plants and other consumer;secondary consumers eat plants and decompose matter

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Primary consumers eat plants and decompose matter ;secondary consumers consumers eat plants and other consumers.

Question 17

How might a lack of sunlight disrupt the food web

Accepted Answer

It would prevent producers from producing nutrients.

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It would cause consumers to consume less

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It would prevent decomposers from decomposing matter

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It would not disrupt the food web at all.

Question 18

What does a Primary Consumer eat?

Accepted Answer

Producers

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Tertiary Consumers

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Secondary Consumers

Question 19

Bears eat fish, insects, plants, seeds, nuts and young elk. They are called __________.

Accepted Answer

Omnivore

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Franivore

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Carnivore

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Herbivore

Question 20

Lions only eat buffalo, antelopes, zebras and crocodiles. They are called __________.

Accepted Answer

Carnivore

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Omnivore

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Herbivore

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Delivore

Question 21

In the food web shown, who is the secondary consumer?

Accepted Answer

fox

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grass

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mouse

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rabbit

Question 22

What is missing from this food chain?
Grass > Grasshopper > Bird > Snake

Accepted Answer

Decomposer

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Producer

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Primary Consumer

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Secondary Consumer

Question 23

What level consumer is the deer?

Accepted Answer

primary

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secondary

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tertiary

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producer

Question 24

an organism that can produce its own food through photosynthesis

Accepted Answer

autotroph

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consumer

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heterotroph

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herbivore

Question 25

In a food chain, the first link (where the energy begins) is always:

Accepted Answer

a producer

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a primary consumer

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a decomposer

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an omnivore

Question 26

The fox in this food web would be considered a:

Accepted Answer

Tertiary Consumer

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Producer

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Secondary Consumer

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Primary Consumer

Question 27

Identify the correct food chain that demonstrates the energy flow of this food web.

Accepted Answer

Eagle < Bluebird < Plant

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Plant< Rabbit < Eagle

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Plant > Snail > Lizard > Eagle

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Eagle> Lizard>Caterpillar>Plant

Question 28

In which direction does the arrow point in a food chain?

Accepted Answer

The direction the energy flows

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Always toward the producer

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Against the direction the energy flows

Question 29

In the food web picture, which organisms are carnivores?

Accepted Answer

D and E

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A and D

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B and C

Question 30

Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?

Accepted Answer

Hawk

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Plant

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Rabbit

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Mouse

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