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Food Webs 19

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following organisms is a herbivore.
a)
butterfly
b)
snake
c)
fox
d)
ladybird
2.
Which of the following organisms is a carnivore.
a)
greenfly
b)
titmouse
c)
mouse
d)
buzzard
3.
What is a consumer?
a)
Organism that makes its own energy
b)
Organism that breaks down dead organisms
c)
Organism that eats other organisms for food & energy
4.
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.
5.

In this food chain, what will happen if the frog population declines because of disease?

a)

The snakes will increase.

b)

The grasshoppers will decrease.

c)

The eagles will remain the same.

d)

The grasshoppers will increase.

6.

What may happen if the snowshoe hare population decreases suddenly?

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.

7.
In this food web what will happen if the population of rabbits increases?
a)
wildflowers will increase
b)
hawks will have less food
c)
snakes will have more food
d)
mice population will increase
8.
The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?
a)
They point to the organism that is being eaten.
b)
It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.
c)
They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. 
d)
They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.
9.

What organism would be DIRECTLY impacted by a decrease of willow plants?

a)

lynx

b)

red fox

c)

hare

d)

white spruce

10.

What organism would be INDIRECTLY impacted by a increase in insects?

a)

Shrews

b)

white spruce

c)

hare

d)

red tail hawk

11.
Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?
a)
Hawk
b)
Spider
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Shrew
12.

If there were a sudden increase in the cricket population, what organism would be directly impacted?

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.

13.
An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
d)
autotroph
14.
What does a food chain represent?
a)
How all living organisms within a habitat are connected.
b)
All of the things that a particular animal eats.
c)
How plants create their own food.
d)
A single path of energy transfer within a habitat.
15.

What would happen to the rabbit population if the fox population moved out of the area represented by the food web?

a)

The rabbit population would increase

b)

The rabbit population would decrease

c)

The rabbit population would neither increase nor decrease