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Energy Flow in an ecosystem

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What happens to the energy as it moves through a food chain?

a)

It increases

b)

It remains unchanged

c)

It increases by 10%

d)

It decreases

2.

What is another term for an autotroph?

a)

consumer

b)

herbivore

c)

producer

d)

decomposer

3.

A bear hunts, catches and eats fish. What type of relationship is this?

a)

competition

b)

predation

c)

parasitism

d)

commensalism

4.

Which biome has 4 distinct seasons?

a)

deciduous forest

b)

taiga

c)

grasslands

d)

tropical rainforest

5.

Which two biomes have the least amount of precipitation?

a)

desert and taiga

b)

desert and deciduous forest

c)

desert and grasslands

d)

desert and tundra

6.

Which biome has trees with downward sloping limbs that allow snow to slide off easily?

a)

deciduous forest

b)

taiga

c)

tropical rainforest

d)

tundra

7.

What type of consumer eats both plants and animals?

a)

Herbivore

b)

Carnivore

c)

Omnivore

8.

Identify the producer.

a)

Grass

b)

Mouse

c)

Snake

d)

Hawk

9.

Identify the secondary consumer.

a)

Grass

b)

Mouse

c)

Snake

d)

Hawk

10.

Identify the decomposer.

a)

Grass

b)

Snake

c)

Eagle

d)

Mushroom

11.

Identify the proper food chain.

a)

Plant-Rabbit-Wild Cat-Lion

b)

Mouse-Rabbit-Jackal-Lion

c)

Plant-Owl-Kile-Lion

d)

Plant-Rabbit-Owl-Snake

12.

Which level has the most organisms?

a)

Tertiary Consumers

b)

Secondary Consumers

c)

Primary Consumer

d)

Producers

13.

Which level provides the least amount of energy?

a)

Tertiary Consumer

b)

Secondary Consumer

c)

Primary Consumer

d)

Producer

14.

Which is not a decomposer?

a)

Bacteria

b)

Eathworm

c)

Mushroom

d)

Dandelion

15.

Which of the following organisms would be considered an omnivore?

a)

Snake

b)

Rabbit

c)

Human

d)

Deer

16.

How much energy is passed on to each trophic level in an energy pyramid?

a)

10%

b)

90%

c)

50%

d)

80%

17.

What is the source of energy for food chains/food webs?

a)

the sun (even if not pictured)

b)

Producers

c)

Fertilizer

d)

JOHN CENA!

18.

How much energy is passed on to each trophic level in an energy pyramid?

a)

10%

b)

90%

c)

50%

d)

80%

19.

Which organisms have the most available energy in an energy pyramid?

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Decomposer

d)

Scavenger

20.

Where do crickets get their energy?

a)

Cattails

b)

Marsh Grass

c)

Grasshoppers

d)

Shrews

21.

What is a producer?

a)

Organisms that make their own food

b)

Organisms that eat other organisms for energy

c)

organisms that break down dead organisms

22.

Which organisms in the diagram have the largest total energy to give to other organisms?

a)

Cattails and Marsh Grass

b)

Hawks and Snakes

c)

Crickets and Grasshoppers

d)

Shrews and Frogs

23.

What do the arrows indicate in a food web?

a)

What eats what

b)

Where the energy is being transferred

c)

How the animals are related

24.

If additional snakes are introduced into this ecosystem, there will most likely be an immediate decrease in the _________.

a)

hawk population

b)

rabbit population

c)

wildflower population

d)

grass population

25.

In this food web, which two organisms could be harmed if the mouse population were to decrease?

a)

Deer and caterpillar

b)

Wolf and snake

c)

Oak and grass

d)

Hawk and songbird