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Unit Three Food Webs, Producers, and Consumers

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 3hrs 47mins

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1.

Which of the following statements is NOT true?

a)

The grasshopper provides energy to the frog

b)

The frog provides energy to the snake

c)

The grass provides energy to the grasshopper

d)

The grass provides energy to the sun

2.

What is true of all consumers?

a)

They get their energy from the sun

b)

They get their energy from eating

c)

They get their energy from the soil

d)

They only eat producers

3.

What is true of all producers?

a)

They get their energy from the sun

b)

They get their energy from eating

c)

They get their energy from the soil

d)

They only eat producers

4.

What would happen if there were a fire in this food web that killed all the producers?

a)

More snakes would get eaten by birds

b)

More grasshoppers would come

c)

Fruit flies would eat more mangoes

d)

All the producers would either die of starvation or move to a new place

5.

What would most likely happen if there were a drought?

a)

The producers would die

b)

The consumers would die or move to a new place

c)

There would be less plants and animals overall

d)

All of these answer choices are correct

6.

What role does the dragonfly have in this food web?

a)

It passes on energy to the frog

b)

It passes on energy to the kingfisher

c)

It produces its own energy

d)

It is at the top of the food chain

7.

This plant is dying. Select the most likely explanation for why it is dying.

a)

It is watered once a day

b)

It is kept in a dark room where it receives no sunlight

c)

It was given a small amount of fertilizer to help it grow

d)

All of these things should help the plant stay alive

8.

Why is the sun always the beginning of each food web?

a)

It provides energy to every organism in the food web

b)

It lights up everything in the food web

c)

It only gives energy to the producers and nothing else

d)

It is not actually important for most food webs

9.

What is a carnivore?

a)

A consumer that only eats plants

b)

A consumer that only eats animals

c)

A consumer that eats both plants and animals

d)

A producer

10.

What is a herbivore?

a)

A consumer that only eats plants

b)

A consumer that only eats animals

c)

A consumer that eats both plants and animals

d)

A producer

11.

What is a omnivore?

a)

A consumer that only eats plants

b)

A consumer that only eats animals

c)

A consumer that eats both plants and animals

d)

A producer

12.

Four organisms are illustrated below. Which organism can make its own Food?

a)

Rabbit

b)

Daisy

c)

Mushroom

d)

Earthworm

13.

A pond food chain is illustrated. In this food chain, the large fish gets its energy by -

a)

absorbing sunlight

b)

eating plants

c)

preying on small fish

d)

being food for the hawk

14.

The flow of energy in a prairie food web is shown in the diagram. If a highway were built through the middle of the prairie that destroyed most of the grass, what might the effect be on other organisms?

a)

Snakes would be forced to eat more mice.

b)

Robins would eat a different food than squirrels

c)

Mountain lions would hunt more squirrels

d)

Deer would move elsewhere to find food.

15.
A red wolf is a __________ and a ________.
a)
producer and hunter
b)
consumer and carnivore
c)
decomposer and carnivore
d)
decomposer and omnivore