Food Chain & Food Web Quiz

Which term describes organisms that make their own food using sunlight?

• Consumers

• Producers

• Decomposers

• Predators

What is the main source of energy for most ecosystems on Earth?

• Wind

• Sunlight

• Water

• Soil

Which process do plants use to convert sunlight into energy?

• Respiration

• Photosynthesis

• Digestion

• Fermentation

If a rabbit eats grass and a fox eats the rabbit, which organism is the secondary consumer?

• Grass

• Rabbit

• Fox

• Sun

Draw a simple food chain using the following organisms: grass, grasshopper, frog, snake. Which organism is the primary consumer?

• Grass

• Grasshopper

• Frog

• Snake

Explain how energy flows from the sun to a hawk in a grassland ecosystem.

• Sun → Grass → Grasshopper → Snake → Hawk

• Sun → Grass → Hawk → Snake → Grasshopper

• Sun → Grass → Grasshopper → Hawk

• Sun → Grass → Snake → Grasshopper → Hawk

Which of the following is an example of a symbiotic relationship?

• Lion hunting a zebra

• Bee pollinating a flower

• Tree growing in soil

• Fish swimming in water

What type of relationship exists when one organism benefits and the other is harmed?

• Mutualism

• Parasitism

• Commensalism

• Cooperation

Which pair of organisms is most likely to compete for the same food source in a forest?

• Deer and rabbit

• Owl and snake

• Tree and mushroom

• Fish and frog

A remora fish attaches to a shark and eats leftover food. What type of relationship is this?

• Parasitism

• Mutualism

• Commensalism

• Competition