Ecology Quiz 1

What is a producer?

• Organism that makes its own energy

• Organism that breaks down dead organisms

• Organism that eats other organisms for food & energy

What is an omnivore?

• An organism that only eats plants for energy
• An organism that eats animals for energy
• An organism that eats both plants and animals for energy.

What is a carnivore?

• An organism that only eats plants for energy

• An organism that eats animals for energy

• An organism that eats both plants and animals for energy.

What is an herbivore?

• An organism that only eats plants for energy

• An organism that eats animals for energy

• An organism that eats both plants and animals for energy.

What is a consumer?

• Organism that makes its own energy

• Organism that breaks down dead organisms

• Organism that eats other organisms for food & energy

The ___% rule states that only ____% of energy is transferred to the next trophic level.

• 10%

• 25%

• 50%

• 100%

Which of the following is a food chain in the food web?

• Rabbit, mountain lion, fox

• Grass, grasshopper, frog, snake, hawk

• Grass, caterpillar, robin, mountain lion

• Tree, deer, mountain lion, fox

What is the purpose of a decomposer?

• To break down dead materials and waste from consumers

• Eat living organisms

• Perform photosynthesis to make carbohydrates

• Make carbohydrates using chemical energy.

Match the following:

• Snake

• Producer/Autotroph

• Grasshopper

• Herbivore

• Owl

• Tertiary Consumer

• Bird

• Apex Predator

• Plant

• Secondary Consumer

Which group is not represented in the food web?

• producers

• primary consumers

• secondary consumers

• decomposers