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Science Fusion Unit 5

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the process that plants use to produce food?

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

photosynthesis

c)

chloroplast

d)

sunlight

2.

A bush (a producer) uses a molecule called chlorophyll to help meet which need?

a)

making food

b)

releasing oxygen

c)

absorbing soil nutrients

d)

taking in carbon dioxide

3.

Which type of organism makes its own food?

a)

consumer

b)

decomposer

c)

producer

d)

scavenger

4.

What does a food web show?

a)

how predators catch prey

b)

what food organisms eat

c)

why organisms find food

d)

when organisms seek food

5.

Which kind of diagram shows how much energy passes along as one organism consumes another?

a)

decomposition

b)

energy pyramid

c)

food chain

d)

food web

6.

Which of these shows the flow of energy in a food chain?

a)

decomposers > consumers > plants > producers

b)

sun > consumers > producers > decomposers

c)

producers > predators > decomposers > consumers

d)

sun > producers > consumers > decomposers

7.

In this food chain, what would be a possible energy source for the bacteria?

a)

all the animals

b)

all the organisms

c)

only the hawk

d)

only the predators

8.

In a forest food chain, what is the connection between the sun and a tree?

a)

The sun helps chlorophyll turn oxygen into carbon dioxide.

b)

The tree shades animals from the sun and gives them nutrients.

c)

The sun heats up the ground so the tree's roots can take in water.

d)

The tree uses the sun's energy to make food through photosynthesis.

9.

Alex notices a small spot of fungus growing on an orange in the back of his refrigerator. He doesn't eat it, but looks at it again a week later. Which of these is he most likely to observe?

a)

The fungus has gone away.

b)

The fungus has not changed.

c)

The fungus has grown larger.

d)

The fungus has changed color.

10.

Which of these happens during the time a fallen log is decomposing?

a)

The fallen log slowly begins to die.

b)

The fallen log continues to produce food.

c)

The materials in the log combine into new, complex parts.

d)

The materials in the log are broken into smaller, simpler parts.

11.

Why are bacteria shown at the end of the food chain?

a)

They are producers, and make food from sunlight.

b)

The are consumers, and feed off of the dead hawk.

c)

They are decomposers, and break down the dead hawk.

d)

They are consumers, and the smallest organisms in this chain.

12.

Hawks eat snakes. Snakes eat toads. Toads eat grasshoppers. Grasshoppers eat plants. Which of the statements below about this food chain is correct?

a)

A toad is an herbivore.

b)

A grasshopper is a producer.

c)

A hawk is a second-level consumer.

d)

A snake is a first-level consumer.

13.

If the number of fish dropped suddenly, which of the following is a likely short-term effect in the food web?

a)

fewer squid

b)

fewer tiny water plants

c)

more penguins

d)

more seals

14.

Where does a deer fit in its food chain?

a)

as both a first-level and a second-level consumer

b)

as both a consumer and prey

c)

as both a producer and consumer

d)

as both consumer and scavenger

15.

A student was assigned to observe the growth of fungus on a hamburger bun. He sprayed half of the bun with water and sealed it in a plastic bag. The other half he left dry and sealed in plastic bag. Over time, what did he observe?

a)

Mold grew faster on the dry bun.

b)

Mold grew the same on both buns.

c)

Mold did not grow inside sealed bags.

d)

Mold grew faster on the moistened bun.

16.

During decomposition, the wastes of living organisms and the remains of dead organisms are broken down and their nutrients returned to the soil. What is the most important cause of decomposition?

a)

air

b)

sunlight

c)

scavengers

d)

bacteria and fungus

17.

Which of the following does a plant use in the process of photosynthesis?

a)

oxygen, sugar, water

b)

sunlight, oxygen, sugar

c)

water, carbon dioxide, sunlight

d)

carbon dioxide, sugar, sunlight

18.

What is the best word to put in to replace the letter X?

a)

decomposers

b)

first-level consumers

c)

predators

d)

second-level consumers

19.

Which of the following is an example of a producer?

a)

a caterpillar

b)

a robin

c)

a tree

d)

a worm

20.

Which of these is a decomposer?

a)

bread

b)

heat

c)

mold

d)

water

21.

the process by which plants produce food

a)

decomposer

b)

photosynthesis

c)

carbon dioxide

d)

omnivore

22.

a green molecule in plants that helps create oxygen and sugar

a)

food chain

b)

scavenger

c)

carnivore

d)

chlorophyll

23.

organisms that eat only meat

a)

carnivore

b)

producer

c)

consumer

d)

omnivore

24.

an organism that makes its own food

a)

herbivore

b)

producer

c)

chlorophyll

d)

food chain

25.

organisms that eat only the remains of dead animals

a)

producer

b)

energy pyramid

c)

herbivore

d)

scavenger

26.

organisms that cannot make their own food

a)

food chain

b)

consumer

c)

photosynthesis

d)

food web

27.

a sequence showing the transfer of food from one organism to the next

a)

food web

b)

energy pyramid

c)

photosynthesis

d)

food chain

28.

shows the energy that passes to organisms through levels

a)

food web

b)

energy pyramid

c)

decomposer

d)

scavenger

29.

organisms that break down wastes and animal remains

a)

decomposer

b)

omnivore

c)

consumer

d)

producer

30.

a diagram showing how food chains overlap

a)

food chain

b)

energy pyramid

c)

photosynthesis

d)

food web

31.

organisms that eat only producers

a)

herbivore

b)

omnivore

c)

carnivore

d)

scavenger

32.

organisms that eat both plants and animals

a)

carnivore

b)

scavenger

c)

herbivore

d)

omnivore