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4.9 B Producers, Consumers, and Food Webs

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 38mins

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Class
Date
1.

What is the source of all energy at the beginning of a food web?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

The Sun

d)

Energy

2.

An ecosystem is -

a)

The living and nonliving things in their natural environment

b)

How plants grow using sunlight, water, and air

c)

An animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals

d)

Organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy

3.

Which type of organism gets its energy by eating both plants and animals?

a)

Omnivore

b)

Producer

c)

Carnivore

d)

Herbivore

4.

An animal that gets energy by eating only other animals

a)

Food web

b)

Carnivore

c)

Omnivore

d)

Photosynthesis

5.

An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms.

a)

Carnivore

b)

Consumer

c)

Herbivore

d)

Producer

6.

Which of the following does a producer need to make its own food?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Shelter

c)

Animals

d)

Carbon Dioxide

7.

Photosynthesis is -

a)

How plants grow using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide

b)

An animal that gets energy by eating only plants

c)

Interconnected food chains that show the flow of energy

d)

An animal that gets energy by eating only other animals

8.

Producers are -

a)

Organisms that use sunlight to make its own food for energy

b)

How plants grow using sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide

c)

Animals that get energy by eating only plants

d)

Organisms that get energy from eating other organisms

9.

A herbivore is -

a)

An animal that gets energy by eating only plants

b)

Interconnected food chains that show the flow of energy

c)

An animal that gets energy from eating plants and animals

d)

An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms

10.

What would happen in this ecosystem if the grasshopper was removed?

a)

Caterpillars would increase

b)

Snakes would decrease

c)

Frogs would decrease

d)

Grass would increase

11.

Interconnected food chains that show the flow of energy in an ecosystem

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Food web

c)

Consumer

d)

Carnivore

12.

Which of the following is NOT an organism that gets it energy from eating only other animals?

a)

Wolf

b)

Alligator

c)

Whale

d)

Catfish

13.

There was a fire in a grassland. How would this affect the deer population?

a)

Deer would decrease since other animals would decrease

b)

Deer would increase since they eat grass

c)

Deer would increase since other animals would decrease

d)

Deer would increase since they eat grass

14.

Energy that moves through the organisms in a food web originally comes from the –

a)

Moon

b)

Water

c)

Sun

d)

Soil

15.

Which of the following is an example of a producer?

a)

Rabbit

b)

Grass

c)

Insect

d)

Bird

16.

If a fire on the grasslands happened, what change would likely occur in the food web there?

a)

Producers would have to find a new energy source.

b)

Plants would be able to produce more food.

c)

There would be an increase in consumers.

d)

Animals that eat plants would move away or starve.

17.

Which of the following is NOT an organism that gets its energy from both plants an animals?

a)

Human

b)

Cat

c)

Raccoon

d)

Bear

18.

Which process best describes how plants get their energy? Plants get their energy by –

a)

using sunlight to make food

b)

removing energy from water

c)

absorbing it from the soil

d)

putting gases into the air

19.

If all the grasshoppers were removed, how many organisms would lose a source of energy?

a)

4

b)

6

c)

5

d)

7

20.

Which of the following is an organism that gets its energy from eating only plants?

a)

Koala

b)

Snake

c)

Spider

d)

Cat