Quiz - Ecology

The snake in this food chain is a

• producer

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

The rabbit, field mouse, and the deer are all

• producers

• primary consumers

• secondary consumers

• tertiary consumers

What is the grass in this food web?

• producer

• primary consumer

• secondary consumer

Which of these is a food chain that can be found in the food web shown in the picture?

• grass-mouse-deer

• rabbit-snake-fox

• grass-mouse-snake

• mouse-weasel-fox

What is a food web?

• a web created by a spider to trap its food
• a network of food chains in an ecosystem
• a community of plants and animals
• the food that one animal eats

The arrows in a food chain or food web represents what?

• They show the flow of oxygen between organisms in an ecosystem.

• It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.

• They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms in an ecosystem.

• They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

In a food web, arrows point towards:

• who gets energy.

• who gets eaten.

• who loses energy

• the producers who make the energy

After completing your calculations, what is the average amount of energy transferred from one trophic level to the next?

• 90%

• 70%

• 50%

• 10%

If there is 1000 Kcal available in the producers in trophic level 1, how much energy is available in the herbivores in trophic level 2?

• 10 Kcal
• 1 Kcal
• 100 Kcal
• 1000 Kcal

In the energy pyramid below, which organism has the least amount of energy available?

• Producers
• Herbivores
• Carnivores
• Top Predator