Food Web Energy Quiz

What is a producer in a food web?

• An organism that eats other animals

• An organism that decomposes dead material

• An organism that makes its own food using sunlight

• An organism that only consumes plants

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Which of the following is an example of a consumer in a food web?

• Oak tree

• Sunflower

• Wolf

• Mushroom

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What role do decomposers play in a food web?

• They produce their own food through photosynthesis

• They help recycle nutrients by breaking down dead organisms

• They consume live plants

• They capture solar energy

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How is energy transferred in a food web?

• Through water

• By the sun directly to all organisms

• From producers to consumers to decomposers

• Through the soil

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What is a food chain?

• A list of animals that are endangered

• A process where energy is created

• A sequence of organisms each dependent on the next as a source of food

• A group of plants that grow in the same area

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What are trophic levels in a food web?

• The different positions of organisms in their physical environment

• The levels of water in different ecosystems

• The categories of organisms defined by how they gain energy

• The types of plants in a forest

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Which of the following is NOT a producer?

• Algae

• Grass

• Lion

• Tree

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Which organism is a primary consumer in a food web?

• Hawk

• Rabbit

• Fungi

• Grass

What happens to energy as it moves up trophic levels in a food web?

• It increases

• It stays the same

• It decreases

• It disappears

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Which of the following best describes the role of a secondary consumer in a food web?

• It primarily eats producers

• It breaks down dead organisms

• It eats primary consumers

• It synthesizes food from sunlight

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