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Food Chains and Food Webs

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

True or False: All living things require energy to move.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

In a food web, what role do the plants have?

a)

Primary Consumers

b)

Decomposers

c)

Producers

d)

Detritivores

3.

What food-energy molecule is made during the process of photosynthesis?

a)

Glucose

b)

Fructose

c)

Galactose

d)

Brown Sugar

4.

What type of diagram is this?

a)

Food Chain

b)

Food Web

c)

Energy Pyramid

d)

Food Chart

5.

What role does the wild cat have in the food web?

a)

Producer

b)

Primary Consumer

c)

Secondary Consumer

d)

Tertiary Consumer

6.

What organism eats only animals?

a)

Herbivores

b)

Carnivores

c)

Omnivores

d)

Detritivores

7.

In an energy pyramid, what percentage of energy is passed on to each trophic level?

a)

10%

b)

30%

c)

50%

d)

90%

8.

Select ALL of the producers.

a)

Marsh Grass

b)

Grasshopper

c)

Cricket

d)

Cattail

9.

What type of diagram is this?

a)

Food Chain

b)

Food Web

c)

Energy Pyramid

d)

Food Chart

10.

What does a tertiary consumer do in a food chain or food web?

a)

Eats the producer

b)

Eats the primary consumer

c)

Eats the secondary consumer

d)

Decomposes dead animals and releases nutrients to the ground

11.

True or False: Energy flows in a continuous cycle.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What type of diagram is this?

a)

Food Chain

b)

Food Web

c)

Energy Pyramid

d)

Food Chart

13.

What animal only eats plants?

a)

Herbivore

b)

Carnivore

c)

Omnivore

d)

Detritivore

14.

What are the steps on an energy pyramid called?

a)

Energy Levels

b)

Trophic Steps

c)

Energy Steps

d)

Trophic Levels

15.

What role does the lion have in the food web? Select all that apply.

a)

Producer

b)

Primary Consumer

c)

Secondary Consumer

d)

Tertiary Consumser

e)

Decomposer

16.

If the phytoplanton have 1,000 kCal of energy, how many kCal of enegry do the crustaceans have?

a)

1 kCal

b)

10 kCal

c)

100 kCal

d)

1,000 kCal

17.

What is the role of decomposers in a food chain?

a)

Use sunlight to make food

b)

Eat other organisms to gain energy

c)

Make the food for the whole food chain

d)

Break down dead organisms and add nutrients to the soil

18.

What are animals that eat plants and animals considered?

a)

Herbivores

b)

Carnivore

c)

Omnivore

d)

Detritivore