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Food Web

Total questions: 27

Worksheet time: 27mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Use the diagram to answer the question.
What is a fitting description for this diagram?
a)
A Food Chain
b)
An Ecosystem
c)
A Food Web
d)
Biotic and Abiotic Factors
2.
Use the diagram to answer the question.
The Mayfly is a food source for which 3 organisms?
a)
Frog, Dragon Fly and snake
b)
Frog, trout and dragon fly
c)
Frog, salamander and trout
d)
Frog and phytoplankton
3.
Use the diagram to answer the question.
The trout is a source of food for the human and the eagle. When there are more than one organism trying for the same food we call this____?
a)
Population
b)
Resources
c)
Community
d)
Competition
4.
Which of the following best describes the blue bird's (in the middle) role in this ecosystem?
a)
carnivore
b)
omnivore
c)
herbivore
d)
decomposer
5.
Which of the following best describes the deer's role in the ecosystem?
a)
herbivore
b)
omnivore
c)
carnivore
d)
decomposer
6.
Which of the following best describes the wolf's role in this ecosystem?
a)
herbivore
b)
omnivore
c)
carnivore
d)
decomposer
7.
Bacteria and fungi typically serve what role in an ecosystem?
a)
herbivore
b)
carnivore
c)
omnivore
d)
decomposer
8.
What is a producer?
a)
an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms
b)
an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food
c)
an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste
d)
an organism that uses chemical energy to make its own food
9.
An animal that is hunted and eaten for food is a __________.
a)
predator
b)
prey
c)
population
10.
The shrew provides energy for the _______.
a)
cricket
b)
grasshopper
c)
frog
d)
snake
11.
Identify the correct food chain that demonstrates the energy flow of this food web
a)
Plant > Caterpillar > Bluebird > Eagle
b)
Plant < Rabbit < Eagle
c)
Plant >Lizard > Snail >Eagle
d)
Eagle >Lizard>Caterpillar>Plant
12.
Identify the correct food chain that demonstrates the energy flow of this food web.
a)
Eagle < Bluebird < Plant
b)
Plant< Rabbit < Eagle
c)
Plant > Snail > Lizard > Eagle
d)
Eagle> Lizard>Caterpillar>Plant
13.
This is an image of a _________.
a)
consumer
b)
scavenger
c)
decomposer
d)
producer
14.
If the grasshopper were to be removed completely from the food web, what organism would be most effected?
a)
The squirrel
b)
The shrew
c)
The deer
d)
The rabbit
15.
Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming from them in a food web?
a)
More than one organism may eat them. 
b)
They may eat more than one other organism. 
c)
This organism gets its energy from multiple sources. 
d)
They have no resources available to them.
16.
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.
17.
What might happen if you remove a primary consumer from the ecosystem?
a)
There would be more food for secondary consumers.
b)
The number of primary consumers would increase.
c)
The number of plants would increase.
d)
The number of secondary consumers would increase.
18.
How do producers obtain energy?
a)
They conduct photosynthesis.
b)
They consume plants.
c)
They consume primary consumers.
d)
They consume secondary consumers.
19.
Which represents the largest group in a food web?
a)
carnivores
b)
omnivores
c)
herbivores
d)
producers
20.
In this food chain, what will happen if the frogs become extinct?
a)
The snakes will increase.
b)
The grasshoppers will decrease.
c)
The eagles will remain the same.
d)
The grasshoppers will increase.
21.
Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?
a)
Hawk
b)
Spider
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Shrew
22.
How many herbivores are in this web?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
23.
Where does the energy start in this food chain?
a)
Plant
b)
Sun
c)
Deer
d)
Wolf
24.
Does this food web have arrows pointing the right way?
a)
Yes
b)
No
25.
Does this food web have arrows pointing the right way?
a)
yes
b)
no
26.
What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?
a)
The insects in the habitat would increase.
b)
The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.
c)
The willow tree population would decrease.
d)
Foxes would dies due to no food source. 
27.
All energy on Earth ultimately comes from what source?
a)
Water
b)
Sun
c)
Consumers
d)
Oxygen