WorksheetsFood Chains and Evolution
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 3hrs 1mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
__________ is an organism that only eats plants for energy.
a)
Carnivore
b)
Herbivore
c)
Omnivore
2.
__________ is an organism that only eats meat for energy.
a)
Omnivore
b)
Carnivore
c)
Herbivore
3.
__________ is an organism that eats BOTH plants and animals for energy.
a)
Omnivore
b)
Herbivore
c)
Carnivore
4.
Humans are...
a)
Omnivores
b)
Carnivores
c)
Herbivores
5.
This shark is a...
a)
Herbivore
b)
Omnivore
c)
Carnivore
6.
Lions only eat buffalo, antelopes, zebras and crocodiles. They are called __________.
a)
Omnivore
b)
Herbivore
c)
Carnivore
7.
Bears eat fish, insects, plants, seeds, nuts and young elk. They are called __________.
a)
Omnivore
b)
Carnivore
c)
Herbivore
8.
Elephants only eat leaves, fruit, nuts and grass. They are called __________.
a)
Omnivore
b)
Carnivore
c)
Herbivore
9.
Organisms that get energy by eating plants or animals.
a)
Producer
b)
Comsumer
c)
Decomposer
10.
Another word for producer.
a)
Heterotroph
b)
Autotroph
c)
Omnivore
11.
Another word for consumer.
a)
Producer
b)
Autotroph
c)
Heterotroph
12.
Animals that eat dead material.
a)
Decomposer
b)
Herbivore
c)
Carnivore
13.
What do the plants represent?
a)
Producer
b)
Secondary Consumer
c)
Primary Consumer
14.
What does the grasshopper represent?
a)
Producer
b)
Secondary Consumer
c)
Primary Consumer
d)
Tertiary Consumer
15.
Which is an herbivore?
a)
Grass
b)
Shrew
c)
Sun
d)
Grasshopper
16.
Which is a producer?
a)
Leaf
b)
Mongoose
c)
Caterpillar
d)
Chamel
17.
Panda: Producer, consumer or decomposer?
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Decomposer
18.
Grass: Producer, consumer or decomposer?
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Decomposer
19.
Raccoons eat meat AND plants. They are ____.
a)
Carnivores
b)
Herbivores
c)
Omnivores
20.
Cats ONLY eat meat. They are ____.
a)
Carnivores
b)
Herbivores
c)
Omnivores
21.
Horses eat grass, so they are a ______.
a)
Herbivore
b)
Carnivore
c)
Omnivore
22.
Fungi: Producer, consumer or decomposer?
a)
Producer
b)
Consumer
c)
Decomposer
23.
What was the name of the scientist who had the theory of evolution?
a)
Charles Darwin
b)
Albert Einstein
c)
George Washington
24.
When every organism of a species has died.
a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Extinction
25.
What is the process where organisms that are better able to to survive and reproduce survive?
a)
Evolution
b)
Natural Selection
c)
Extinction
26.
Which of the following means the process of organisms developing from earlier forms over a long period of time?
a)
natural selection
b)
speciation
c)
evolution
27.
In science, the classification of living things based on similar characteristics is called:
a)
development
b)
characterization
c)
taxonomy
28.
What was the explanation Charles Darwin used to describe with giraffe’s necks are long?
a)
Giraffes use to have short and long necks, the ones with short necks died out and didn’t reproduce because they couldn’t reach the food. The long neck giraffes could reach food so they survive and reproduced.
b)
Giraffes only had short necks, but over time they stretched their necks to reach food, and passed that trait on to their offspring
29.
What did Charles Darwin notice about the beak sizes of the finches at the Galapagos islands?
a)
All beaks were the same size
b)
All finches used the same sized beaks for different types of food
c)
Beaks were different sizes and shapes depending on what food they ate
30.
What is an example of an invertebrate?
a)
tiger
b)
sponge
c)
owl
d)
lizard
31.
Where do amphibians live?
a)
water
b)
land
c)
both land and water
32.
Autotrophs are organisms that
a)
produce their own food.
b)
can survive without energy.
c)
must eat other organisms to get energy.
33.
Heterotrophs are organisms that
a)
produce their own food.
b)
can survive without energy.
c)
must eat other organisms to get energy.
34.
What process do plants use to make food?
a)
cellular respiration
b)
fermentation
c)
photosynthesis
35.
Most of the energy used by life on earth comes from the..
a)
sun
b)
moon
c)
rotation of the earth
36.
Mushrooms are considered
a)
plants
b)
fungi
c)
protists
37.
Algae is considered...
a)
plants
b)
fungi
c)
protists
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