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WorksheetsEcosystem/Food Chain/Food Web
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The direction of the flow of energy in a food web is represented by ___.
a)
Light bulbs
b)
Dotted Lines
c)
Arrows
d)
Bubbles
2.
What does every food chain start with?
a)
producers
b)
sun
c)
consumer
d)
decomposers
3.
Consumer that eats plants
a)
heterotroph
b)
herbivore
c)
producer
d)
community
4.
Which of the following is NOT a consumer
a)
grass
b)
dog
c)
shark
d)
fish
5.
A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________
a)
ecosystem
b)
food web
c)
environment
6.
A frog eats a fly. The frog and fly are demonstrating ________.
a)
mutualism
b)
competition
c)
predator/prey
d)
parasitism
7.
An organism that uses sunlight to create its own food is known as a:
a)
Producer
b)
Heterotroph
c)
Consumer
d)
Decomposer
8.
Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming from them in a food web?
a)
More than one organism may eat them.
b)
They may eat more than one other organism.
c)
This organism gets its energy from multiple sources.
d)
They have no resources available to them.
9.
The largest group of organisms found in a food web would be:
a)
Primary Consumers
b)
Producers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Tertiary Consumers
10.
What is this called?
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Abiotic Factors
11.
An organism, like bacteria, that breaks down dead plant or animal matter and releases their nutrients back into the soil is called:
a)
Omnivores
b)
Herbivores
c)
Decomposers
d)
Carnivores
12.
An animal that eats only meat is called:
a)
Consumer
b)
Omnivore
c)
Herbivore
d)
Carnivore
13.
A plant or animal that gets its energy (food) from other living things is called:
a)
Decomposers
b)
Consumers
c)
Carnivores
d)
Herbivores
14.
Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?
a)
Plant
b)
Rabbit
c)
Mouse
d)
Hawk
15.
Which type of consumer is always a first consumer?
a)
Herbivore
b)
Omnivore
c)
Carnivore
d)
Producer
16.
A population of mice lives in a barn community. A cat population has just joined the community. What will happen?
a)
Mouse and cat populations both go up?
b)
Mouse and cat populations both go down
c)
Mouse population goes down as cat population goes up
d)
Mouse population goes up as cat population goes down
17.
The shrew provides energy for the _______?
a)
cricket
b)
grasshopper
c)
frog
d)
snake
18.
Which of the following is a herbivore?
a)
cricket
b)
frog
c)
hawk
d)
shrew
19.
Plants are producers. They make their own food through a process called _________________.
a)
photosynthesis
b)
community
c)
food webbing
d)
consuming
20.
Many types of plants and animals make up an ecosystem. All of the populations of an ecosystem are part of a ________________.
a)
food web
b)
decomposer
c)
community
d)
consumer
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