WorksheetsFood Chains and Food Webs
Total questions: 27
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which best describes what a food chain shows you?
a)
Energy flow through an ecosystem
b)
Food flowing through an ecosystem
c)
Consumers going into other consumers
d)
Who eats who
2.
What are plants called in a food chain?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Scavengers
3.
What are animals called in a food chain?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Plants
4.
What are the organisms that break down dead stuff?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Organisms
5.
Where does the energy start in this food chain?
a)
Plant
b)
Sun
c)
Deer
d)
Wolf
6.
What is the role of a producer?
a)
Use sunlight to make food
b)
Gain energy from eating other organisms
c)
Keep other species from overpopulating
d)
Breaking down dead stuff
7.
What is the role of decomposers in a food chain?
a)
Use sunlight to make food
b)
Eat other organisms to gain energy
c)
Make the food for the whole food chain
d)
Break down dead organisms and add nutrients to the soil
8.
Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?
a)
Plant
b)
Rabbit
c)
Mouse
d)
Hawk
9.
Which type of consumer eats plants only?
a)
Herbivores
b)
Omnivores
c)
Carnivores
d)
Scavengers
10.
Which type of consumer eats meat only?
a)
Producers
b)
Herbivores
c)
Carnivores
d)
Omnivores
11.
Which type of consumer eats meat and plants?
a)
Herbivores
b)
Carnivores
c)
Omnivores
d)
Plants
12.
Which type of consumer is always a first consumer?
a)
Herbivore
b)
Omnivore
c)
Carnivore
d)
Producer
13.
Which is the correct food chain order?
a)
Plant-->1st Consumer--> 2nd Consumer
b)
Plant <-- 1st Consumer <-- 2nd Consumer
c)
2nd consumer --> 1st consumer --> Plant
d)
1st Consumer --> 2nd consumer --> Plant
14.
Which of the following is a producer?
a)
Maple tree
b)
Sunfish
c)
Bunny
d)
Bear
15.
Which of these is a decomposer?
a)
Fungi
b)
Hawk
c)
Dog
d)
Grass
16.
True/False
Food webs show you everything an animal eats. Food chains show you one thing.
Food webs show you everything an animal eats. Food chains show you one thing.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
An ______ is an independent living thing.
a)
consumer
b)
producer
c)
organism
d)
herbivore
18.
All organisms need _____ to survive.
a)
Environment
b)
energy
c)
sun
d)
plants
19.
_________ cannot make their own food, so they need to consume (eat) plants or animals.
a)
consumers
b)
producers
c)
decomposers
20.
Why is the insect a consumer?
a)
It is eaten by a mouse.
b)
It can make its own food.
c)
It eats the plant.
21.
In the food chain pictured, why is the plant a producer?
a)
The plant consumes the sun.
b)
The plant makes its own food.
c)
The plant is not a producer.
22.
What is this called?
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Abiotic Factors
23.
What is this called?
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Abiotic Factors
24.
If a frog is the prey, what could be the predator?
a)
Grass
b)
Insect
c)
Snake
d)
Snail
25.
An animal that eats other animals is a....
a)
carnivore
b)
omnivore
c)
herbivore
d)
decomposer
26.
Bacteria, fungi, and earthworms are examples of:
a)
scavengers
b)
predators
c)
prey
d)
decomposers
27.
Which of the following is a herbivore?
a)
cricket
b)
frog
c)
hawk
d)
shrew
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