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You Are What You Eat!

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 47mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which statement best describes the relationship between the mushrooms and the log?

a)

The log uses the mushrooms as a source of oxygen.

b)

The log uses the mushrooms as a food source.

c)

The mushrooms use the log as a source of oxygen.

d)

The mushrooms use the log as a food source.

2.

According to this food web, a frog is an example of a...

a)

producer

b)

herbivore

c)

carnivore

d)

omnivore

3.

Which of the following organisms in this food web break down dead materials and return the nutrients back to the soil?

a)

snakes

b)

frogs

c)

rabbits

d)

decomposers

4.

According to this food web, a rabbit is an example of a...

a)

producer

b)

herbivore

c)

carnivore

d)

omnivore

5.

Which type of organism converts wastes and dead materials into nutrients that can be used by plants?

a)

carnivore

b)

herbivore

c)

decomposer

d)

producer

6.

The clownfish is classified as an omnivore because it eats

a)

both plants and animals

b)

neither plants nor animals

c)

only plants

d)

only animals

7.

What would most likely happen to the frog population if the cricket population decreased?

a)

increase

b)

decrease

c)

remain the same

8.

A green plant absorbs light. A frog eats flies. These are both examples of how organisms

a)

obtain energy

b)

escape predators

c)

produce offspring

d)

excrete waste

9.

What is another name for a autotroph?

a)

herbivore

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

d)

producer

10.

What is another name for a heterotroph?

a)

herbivore

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

d)

producer

11.

What types organisms get their energy from the SUN through the process of photosynthesis?

a)

producer/autotroph

b)

consumer/heterotroph

12.

What types organisms get their food from other sources.

a)

producer/autotroph

b)

consumer/heterotroph

13.

What types of organisms eat only plants?

a)

decomposer

b)

omnivore

c)

carnivore

d)

herbivore

14.

What types of organisms eat only animals (meat)?

a)

decomposer

b)

omnivore

c)

carnivore

d)

herbivore

15.

What types of organisms eat BOTH plants and animals (meat)?

a)

decomposer

b)

omnivore

c)

carnivore

d)

herbivore

16.

What types of organisms eat leftovers? (ex: A vulture eating a dead rabbit that was hit by a car)

a)

scavenger

b)

omnivore

c)

carnivore

d)

herbivore

17.

What types of organisms break down decaying material?

a)

decomposer

b)

omnivore

c)

carnivore

d)

herbivore

18.

Identify two organisms in this food web that obtain their energy directly from producers.

a)

grasses

b)

rabbits

c)

foxes

d)

caterpillers

e)

frogs

19.

Why might the population of trout increase of the population of frogs decreased?

a)

There would be more caterpillars for the trout to eat.

b)

There would be more frogs for the trout to eat.

c)

There would be less frogs to eat to trout.

d)

There would be less foxes to eat the trout.

20.

Which of the following organisms in this food web is are producers?

a)

snakes

b)

frogs

c)

rabbits

d)

decomposers

e)

plants

21.

What would happen to the fox population if more hawks were introduced to this ecosystem?

a)

The fox population would most likely increase

b)

The fox population would most likely decrease

c)

The fox population would not be affected

d)

omnivore

22.

What would most likely happen to the frog population if the cricket population decreased?

a)

increase

b)

decrease

c)

remain the same

23.

What do the arrows in a food chain represent?

a)

The direction that the energy moves

b)

The organism that is getting eaten

c)

The direction that the animal is running

24.

What is the primary source of energy in a food chain?

a)

plants

b)

animals

c)

soil

d)

sunlight

25.

Many overlapping food chains that show how ALL organisms interact within the ecosystem is called a(n)...

a)

food network

b)

food web

c)

spider web

d)

food map