Food Web and Food Chain Quiz

The three trophic levels in a food chain are

• producer, consumer, decomposer

• flower, bee, mushroom

• neither describes the trophic levels

• both describe the trophic levels

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

• grass

• mouse

• rabbit

• fox

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For an energy pyramid, the 10% rule states that

• 10% of the energy is transferred from one organism to the next.

• 10% of the energy is gained.

• 10% of the animals will starve.

• 10% of the producers are eaten.

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What does a primary consumer eat?

• tertiary consumers

• secondary consumers

• producers

• decomposers

What level consumer is the deer?

• primary

• secondary

• tertiary

• producer

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Which best describes what a food chain shows you?

• Energy flow through an ecosystem
• Food flowing through an ecosystem
• Consumers going into other consumers
• Who eats who

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What is the role of a producer?

• Use sunlight to make food
• Gain energy from eating other organisms
• Keep other species from overpopulating
• Breaking down dead stuff 

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What do you call organisms that eat ONLY producers?

• Carnivores

• Herbivores

• Omnivores

• Detritivores

What do you call organisms that eat ONLY other consumers?

• Carnivores

• Herbivores

• Omnivores

• Detritivores

In a freshwater ecosystem, ducks and snails eat grass and algae. The snails are eaten by mice and ducks. A fox will eat mice, but also ducks.

From this description, what would be an example Food Chain?

• Fox --> Snail --> Duck --> Mouse

• Algae --> Snail --> Mouse --> Fox

• Algae --> Duck --> Mouse --> Fox

• Snail --> Mouse --> Fox --> Duck

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