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Ecosystems/Food Chains/Webs

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is a producers job in the ecosystem?
a)
to make food and oxygen for the animals
b)
to help plants grow
c)
to break down dead plants and animals
d)
to eat plants and other animals
2.
What is an ecosystem?
a)
the pattern of weather that affects an area
b)
the life cycle of a plant
c)
all the living things in a forest or desert
d)
all the living and nonliving things that share an environment
3.
What are plants and animals that get their energy from eating other living things?
a)
producers
b)
consumers
c)
herbivores
d)
decomposers
4.
What part of a food chain only eats meat?
a)
omnivores
b)
producers
c)
herbivore
d)
carnivore
5.
How do living things get energy?
a)
by eating
b)
by sleeping
c)
by drinking water
d)
by moving around
6.
Elephants only eat plants.  What kind of consumer is an elephant?
a)
producer
b)
omnivore
c)
herbivore
d)
carnivore
7.
Which of the following is a natural disaster that could wipe out an ecosystem?
a)
a sunny day
b)
forest fire
c)
rain
d)
thunder storm
8.
Which of the following is a way that humans could change/destroy an ecosystem?
a)
Mowing the grass
b)
Building a shopping center
c)
enjoying a picnic
d)
watching tv
9.
Which of the following to omnivores eat?
a)
plants only
b)
meat only
c)
both plants and animals
d)
they make their own food
10.
What is a food web?
a)
a web created by a spider to trap its food
b)
a network of food chains in an ecosystem
c)
a community of plants and animals
d)
the food that one animal eats