3IE Food Webs Vocabulary Quiz

What is the term for an organism that makes its own food using sunlight?

• Consumer

• Producer

• Decomposer

• Predator

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Which of the following best describes a food chain?

• A group of organisms that all eat the same food

• A sequence showing how energy moves from one organism to another

• A network of interconnected food webs

• A list of all the animals in an ecosystem

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What is the primary source of energy for most ecosystems?

• The Moon

• The Sun

• Soil

• Water

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Which term refers to an organism that breaks down dead material and recycles nutrients back into the ecosystem?

• Producer

• Herbivore

• Decomposer

• Carnivore

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

• Grass

• Rabbit

• Hawk

• Mushroom

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If a disease kills most of the producers in an ecosystem, what is the most likely effect on the primary consumers?

• Their population will increase

• Their population will decrease

• They will become producers

• There will be no effect

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A food web is different from a food chain because:

• It only includes plants

• It shows multiple feeding relationships among organisms

• It is shorter than a food chain

• It does not show energy flow

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In a model food web, if the population of hawks increases significantly, what is a possible effect on the population of rabbits?

• The rabbit population will increase

• The rabbit population will decrease

• The rabbit population will stay the same

• Rabbits will become producers

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What is the source of energy for the cricket?

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a consumer that only eats plants

• carnivore
• omnivore
• herbivore