Ecosystems and Food Webs Quiz

What does a food web show?

• All the relationships between plants and animals in a community

• The weather patterns in a community

• Only the animals in a community

• Only the plants in a community

Which of the following is a consumer?

• Water

• A rock

• A rabbit

• Sunlight

What is a carnivore?

• An animal that eats plants

• A decomposer

• An animal that eats other animals

• A plant that makes its own food

What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

• To eat plants

• To produce food from sunlight

• To hunt other animals

• To break down dead plants and animals

Which of the following best describes a food chain?

• A series of events where one organism eats another

• A type of plant that grows in water

• A network of interconnected food chains

• A group of animals living together

What is at the bottom of the food chain?

• Decomposers

• Omnivores

• Producers

• Carnivores

What do scientists call animals that eat only plants?

• Omnivores

• Herbivores

• Carnivores

• Decomposers

What is a food web?

• A single food chain

• A complex structure of interconnected food chains

• A type of plant

• A type of animal

Which of the following is a producer?

• Shark

• Lion

• Giraffe

• Tree

What process do plants use to make their own food?

• Digestion

• Fermentation

• Photosynthesis

• Respiration