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Food Chain & Food Web Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 4hrs 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The food web supports which statement?

a)

Organisms are independent from one another.

b)

Each organism has its own, unique food source.

c)

Matter cannot move from one organism to

another.

d)

Matter can be recycled between organisms

and their environment.

2.

Which group of organisms is missing from the food

web to the right?

a)

carnivore

b)

herbivore

c)

carnivore

d)

decomposer

3.

In the diagram, which organism provides nutrients for the

largest number of other organisms?

a)

Seal

b)

Herring

c)

Snapper

d)

Bluefish

4.

What is the driving source of energy for the food web to

the right?

a)

Sun

b)

Orca

c)

Seal

d)

Larvae

5.

Which organisms compete for food in the food web to the

right?

a)

Orca and Herring

b)

Seal and Copepod

c)

Killifish and Snapper

d)

Mackerel and Bluefish

6.

What are plants called in a food chain?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Decomposers

d)

Scavengers

7.

What are animals called in a food chain?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Decomposers

d)

Plants

8.

What are the organisms that break down dead stuff?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Decomposers

d)

Organisms

9.

What's the role of consumers in a food chain?

a)

Use sunlight to make food

b)

Eat other species and keep them from overpopulating

c)

Break down dead stuff

d)

Add nutrients to the soil

10.

Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?

a)

Plant

b)

Rabbit

c)

Mouse

d)

Hawk

11.

Which type of consumer is always a first consumer?

a)

Herbivore

b)

Omnivore

c)

Carnivore

d)

Producer

12.

Which type of consumer could be a first or second consumer?

a)

Herbivore

b)

Omnivore

c)

Carnivore

d)

Producer

13.

Which of the following is a "primary energy source"?

a)

Grass

b)

Sun

c)

Bacteria

d)

Soil

14.

Which is the smallest level of an ecosystem?

a)

organism

b)

population

c)

community

d)

ecosystem

15.

a system of food chains that shows the transfer of energy is termed

a)

food web

b)

food chain

c)

prey

d)

predator