WorksheetsFood chains and Food Webs
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Where do all life forms get their energy?
a)
Earth's Core
b)
Water
c)
Plants
d)
The Sun
2.
What is a food chain?
a)
A long chain made of food
b)
A list of ingredients used to cook food
c)
How animals depend on plants and animals to survive
3.
What do you call an animal that hunts and eats other animals?
a)
Prey
b)
Producer
c)
Predator
d)
Decomposer
4.
Which is an example of a producer?
a)
A Human
b)
A Spider
c)
A Tree
d)
A Caterpillar
5.
What do Omnivores eat?
a)
Meat
b)
Plants
c)
Meat and plants
d)
Only meat
6.
An animal that eats plants rather than other animals is called:
a)
Meat Eater
b)
Carnivore
c)
Herbivore
d)
Omnivore
7.
If an animal becomes extinct, which part of the food chain is affected?
a)
The whole food chain is affected
b)
Only animals at the top of the food chain are affected
c)
Only animals at the bottom of the food chain are affected
8.
A plant or animal that gets its energy (food) from other living things is called:
a)
Decomposers
b)
Consumers
c)
Carnivores
d)
Herbivores
9.
How do decomposers help other organisms in an ecosystem?
a)
They break down dead plants and animals and add nutrients back into the soil
b)
They use the sun to make food
c)
Decomposers only break down dead plants
d)
They do not help other organisms in an ecosystem
10.
The complex network of food chains in an ecosystem is called:
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Ecosystem
d)
Population
11.
An ordered arrangement of animals and plants in which each feeds on the one below it in the chain is called:
a)
Habitat
b)
Population
c)
Food Chain
d)
Food Web
12.
Plants that get their food from the sun's energy and act as source of food for other organisms in an ecosystem is called:
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Decomposer
d)
Herbivore
13.
An animal that eats only meat is called:
a)
Consumer
b)
Omnivore
c)
Herbivore
d)
Carnivore
14.
1st level consumers are:
a)
Producers
b)
Herbivores
c)
Decomposers
d)
Carnivores
15.
An animal that eats both other animals and plants is called:
a)
Carnivore
b)
Herbivore
c)
Omnivore
d)
Producer
16.
Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?
a)
Hawk
b)
Spider
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Shrew
17.
An animal that is hunted and eaten for food is a
a)
predator
b)
prey
c)
population
18.
Which one is NOT an example of a decomposer?
a)
mushroom
b)
leaves
c)
mold
d)
worm
19.
How many carnivores are shown in this food web?
a)
6
b)
4
c)
5
d)
3
20.
Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?
a)
There would be a decrease in the small bird population.
b)
There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.
c)
There would be a decrease in the mice population.
d)
There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.
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