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Week 2, Food chains, food webs and pyramids

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which organism is a detrivore?

a)

A bottle brush

b)

A possum

c)

A blue tongue lizard

d)

A worm

2.

In which direction does the arrows in a food chain point?

a)

Towards the producer

b)

Away from the tertiary consumers

c)

Towards the tertiary consumer

d)

Away from the decomposer

3.

Gross primary production refers to:

a)

The amount of energy that has been converted to chemical energy by autotrophs

b)

The amount of food available for the carnivores in a food chain

c)

The amount of energy available for an organism to grow

d)

The amount of energy passed on to herbivores by producers

4.

Why is the biomass of zooplankton larger than for the phytoplankton

a)

phytoplankton are lager than zooplankton

b)

the growth rate of phytoplankton is greater than that of zooplankton

c)

there are fewer zooplankton compared with phytoplankton

d)

zooplankton feed on a variety of organisms, including phytoplankton

5.

What is the energy transfer between the herring and the mackerel?

a)

1%

b)

5%

c)

10%

d)

45%

6.

Identify a producer

a)

Termites

b)

Wattle tree

c)

Wombat

d)

Crickets

7.

Identify a secondary consumer

a)

Echidna

b)

Termites

c)

Dingo

d)

Emu

8.

This pyramid is known as a ...

a)

An ecological pyramid

b)

A pyramid of energy

c)

A pyramid of biomass

d)

A pyramid of numbers

9.

All geckos are insectivorous, but will also eat smaller lizards and sometimes frogs. Which position in a food web would the occupy?

a)

A primary consumer

b)

A secondary consumer

c)

A tertiary consumer

d)

A producer

10.

Which of the following animals would be a specialist consumer?

a)

koala

b)

dingo

c)

gecko

d)

fungi