Food Chains and Food Webs Quiz (Amoeba Sisters)

What is a producer in a food chain?

• An organism that feeds on other organisms

• An organism that is eaten by a secondary consumer

• An organism that is at the top of the food chain

• An organism that can make its own food

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What is a primary consumer in a food chain?

• An organism that is at the top of the food chain

• An organism that is eaten by a secondary consumer

• An organism that feeds on other organisms

• An organism that can make its own food

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What is a secondary consumer in a food chain?

• An organism that feeds on other organisms

• An organism that can make its own food

• An organism that is at the top of the food chain

• An organism that is eaten by a tertiary consumer

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What is a tertiary consumer in a food chain?

• An organism that is at the top of the food chain

• An organism that is eaten by a secondary consumer

• An organism that feeds on other organisms

• An organism that can make its own food

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What happens to the energy as you move up the trophic levels in a food chain?

• It decreases

• It increases

• It is lost in heat or undigested

• It remains the same

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What can happen if a species is removed from a food chain?

• Other organisms may not have enough to eat

• The energy flow will reverse

• The food chain will collapse

• The biodiversity will increase

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What is a food web?

• A network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem

• A group of organisms that interact with each other in an ecosystem

• A diagram showing the flow of energy in an ecosystem

• A single linear chain of organisms in an ecosystem

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What does biodiversity refer to?

• The variety of organisms living in a given area

• The size of the area in an ecosystem

• The number of trophic levels in a food chain

• The amount of energy stored in each trophic level

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Why is biodiversity important for the sustainability of an ecosystem?

• It increases the number of apex predators

• It reduces the energy flow in the food chain

• It makes the ecosystem more resilient to changes

• It decreases the number of primary consumers

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What role do decomposers play in an ecosystem?

• They are apex predators

• They provide energy to the producers

• They break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients

• They are primary consumers

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