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Food Web

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

what is the study of the interactions among organisms and between organisms and their environments called?

a)

ecology

b)

biology

c)

global warming

d)

biodiversity

2.

which of the following is not a consumer

a)

grasshopper

b)

grass

c)

zebra

d)

bear

3.

what does every food chain start with

a)

sun

b)

grass

c)

air

d)

bird

4.

What percentage of energy is passed on to each trophic level?

a)

10%

b)

20%

c)

100%

d)

55%

5.

which of these is an example of an autotroph?

a)

water bottle

b)

dirt

c)

butterfly

d)

sunflower

6.

a frog eats a fly. The frog and fly are demonstrating___________

a)

the water cycle

b)

a frog and a fly

c)

predator/prey

d)

nothing

7.

a connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ___________

a)

ecosystem

b)

food web

c)

biology

d)

water cycle

8.

energy increases as you move up the food pyramid (from bottom to top

a)

true

b)

false

9.

Birds eat insects off the skin of cows. If the relationship is a type of mutualism, then the organisms that will benefit are

a)

only the cattle

b)

neither the birds or the cattle

c)

both the birds and the cattle

d)

only the birds

10.

a deer population has significantly increased, the best hypothesis is

a)

the deer's main predator has been eliminated

b)

competition increased

c)

decreased water levels of local ponds

d)

organisms that rely on similar food sources migrated to the area

11.

an example of producer consumer relationship would be

a)

lion eating a deer

b)

grasshopper getting energy from grass

c)

hawk getting energy from snakes

d)

earthworm breaking down dead material

12.

an organism that can produce its own food through photosynthesis

a)

consumer

b)

heterotroph

c)

autotroph

d)

herbivore

13.

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

a)

food web

b)

food chain

c)

prey

d)

predator

14.

Commensalism is

a)

one species benefits, the other is not affected

b)

both species benefit

c)

both species are harmed

d)

one species benefit, the other is harmed

15.

All energy transformations in an ecosystem begin with

a)

a scavenger

b)

the sun

c)

a decomposer

d)

a herbivore

16.

Which relationship describes predator/prey

a)

hawks and shrubs

b)

mountain lion and deer

c)

frogs and trees

d)

grasses and crickets

17.

Biodiversity is

a)

the variety of species within an ecosystem

b)

a large number of the same species in an ecosystem

c)

an abundant amount of the same primary consumers

d)

the ability to have an abundant source from the same species

18.

Which is the smallest level of an ecosystem?

a)

organism

b)

population

c)

community

d)

ecosystem

19.

Which event is the best example of competition between species in a pond?

a)

dragonflies landing on lily pads

b)

lizards and snakes lying in the sun

c)

hawks eating mice

d)

frogs and toads eating flies

20.

Consumer that eats plants

a)

heterotroph

b)

herbivore

c)

producer

d)

community