Energy in Ecosystems Assessment*

1. What is the process in which plants make their own food?

• Organism
• Oxygen
• Photosynthesis

2. A _______________________ is a consumer that ONLY eats plants.

• Herbivore
• Omnivore
• Scavenger

3. What does a food chain represent?

• All of the things that a particular animal eats.
• How plants create their own food.
• A single path of energy transfer within a habitat.

4. What is the role of an ecologist?

• Something scientists make to answer questions.
• a scientist who studies ecosystems.
• a community of organisms that work together in an environment.

4. A diagram that shows overlapping food chains and shows what eats what is called a ___________.

• Environment
• Ecologist
• Food Web

5. The main source of all the energy in an ecosystem is the sun.

• True
• False

6. The picture below is an example of an herbivore.

• True
• False

7. An animal that hunts and kills another animal for food is a prey.

• True
• False

8. The hawk would be classified as a carnivore since it eats other consumers only.

• True
• False

9. Which of these is an example of a producer?

• worm
• snake
• grass