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Food web/energy flow

Total questions: 66

Worksheet time: 1hrs 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which organism is likely to be at the beginning of a food chain for a pond?
a)
Sunfish
b)
Freshwater shrimp
c)
Paramecium
d)
Green Algae
2.
Which of these best explains why predators need plants, such as grass, in their ecosystem?
a)
Plants are a large part of their diets
b)
Plants provide safety for predators
c)
Plants break down the organisms that the predators eat
d)
Plants provide food for their animals that the predators eat
3.
What do the arrows indicate in a food web?
a)
What eats what
b)
Where the energy is being transferred
c)
How the animals are related
4.
Suppose that a llama is hit by a truck and dies. Where will most of the biological matter in the llama go next?
a)
To top level predatory animals
b)
To the soil to be used by plants
c)
To first order consumers that might eat the llama
d)
To microorganisms that decompose and recycle matter
5.
Carbon from the environment becomes a part of living organisms when sugar molecules are returned and broken down to release energy and oxygen. This process would be described as
a)
Photosynthesis
b)
Cellular respiration
c)
Transpiration
d)
Decomposition
6.

All energy in an ecosystem comes from the sun. This energy is passed through the ecosystem as organisms eat other organsims.

a)

Ominvores

b)

Herbivores

c)

Detritivores

d)

Flow of energy

7.

Animal that gets its energy and nutrition from eating plants.

a)

Parasite

b)

Herbivore

c)

Carnivore

d)

Ominvore

8.

Animal that gets its energy and nutrition from eating meat.

a)

Detritivore

b)

Ominvore

c)

Carnivore

d)

Herbivore

9.

Organisms that produce their own food mostly through photosynthesis (producers). Examples are plants and algae.

a)

Ominvore

b)

Detritivore

c)

Heterotroph

d)

Autotroph

10.

Organisms that get their energy and nutrition from other organisms (consumers).

a)

Heterotroph

b)

Autotroph

c)

Decomposer

d)

Detritivore

11.

Heterotrophs that get energy and nutrition from dead or decaying organisms or their waste products and recycle nutrients back to the ecosystem.

a)

Producer

b)

Trophic

c)

Decomposer

d)

Autotrooph

12.

Heterotrophs that “clean up” the ecosystem by eating dead and decaying organisms.

a)

Autotrophs

b)

Herbivores

c)

Ominvores

d)

Detritivores

13.

The level in an Ecological pyramid that includes all the organisms that share the same place in a food chain.

a)

Trophic Levels

b)

Toxic Levels

c)

KeKe Levels

d)

Environmental Systems

14.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a ecosystem.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
d)
How carnivores get their food. 
15.
Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?
a)
Hawk
b)
Spider
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Shrew
16.
What might happen if you remove a primary consumer from the ecosystem?
a)
There would be more food for secondary consumers.
b)
The number of primary consumers would increase.
c)
The number of plants would increase.
d)
The number of secondary consumers would increase.
17.
A consumer gets energy by doing what?
a)
Making it themselves.
b)
Breaking down biotic wastes and dead organisms and returning raw materials to the ecosystem.
c)
Soaking it up from the ground.
d)
Feeding on other organisms.
18.
The energy role that break down biotic wastes and dead organisms is?
a)
Consumer
b)
Producer
c)
Scavenger
d)
Decomposer
19.
A consumer gets energy by doing what?
a)
Making it themselves.
b)
Breaking down biotic wastes and dead organisms and returning raw materials to the ecosystem.
c)
Soaking it up from the ground.
d)
Feeding on other organisms.
20.
What does a food chain represent?
a)
How all living organisms within a habitat are connected.
b)
All of the things that a particular animal eats.
c)
How plants create their own food.
d)
A single path of energy transfer within a habitat.
21.
Which of the following is NOT a "cycle"?
a)
Water
b)
Energy
c)
Nitrogen
d)
Phosphorus
22.
Which of the following would be the definition of a detritivore?
a)
Animals that eat insects.
b)
Organisms that feed on rocks, recycling the nutrients back into the ground.
c)
Organisms that eat only pants
d)
Things that feed on dead organisms, recycling the nutrients back into the ground.
23.

If the alfafa in the energy pyramid above contains 1,000 kilo-calories, what amount of energy would the red-tailed hawk obtain?

a)

1 kilo-calorie

b)

10 kilo-calorie

c)

100 kilo-calorie

d)

1000 kilo-calorie

24.
Which statement is most accurate based on the graph?
a)
The zebra and lions do not affect each other
b)
when lions population increases, so does the zebra population
c)
When the zebra population increases, it causes the lion population to also increase
d)
when zebra populations go down, the zebra population goes up. 
25.

The carbon cycle is the continual transfer of carbon atoms in nature. The cycling of carbon is important because it is the building block of life.

Label each process in the carbon cycle diagram

26.
Question Image

The carbon cycle is the continual transfer of carbon atoms in nature. Match the process in the diagram with their role in the carbon cycle.

a)

Energetic process in which photosynthetic organisms absorb carbon dioxide to make carbon-containing carbohydrates.

1.

B

b)

Carbon-containing molecules are transferred from prey to predator during consumption.

2.

E + F

c)

Carbon dioxide is returned to the atmosphere during the burning of carbon-containing materials.

3.

N

d)

When an organism dies, decomposers return some carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.

4.

H

e)

Energetic process in where animals, plants, and bacteria break down carbon-containing molecules and return carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.

5.

D + G + J

27.

The hydrologic (water) cycle is the circular pathway of water on Earth from the atmosphere, to the surface, below ground, and back.

Label the water cycle diagram with the correct processes.

28.

A food pyramid is shown to represent the transfer of energy in a food chain. Label the amount of energy available to each trophic level if producers have 10,000 kJ of energy.

29.

The carbon cycle is the continual transfer of carbon atoms in nature. The cycling of carbon is important because it is the building block of life.

Label each process in the carbon cycle diagram

30.
Question Image

The carbon cycle is the continual transfer of carbon atoms in nature. Match the process in the diagram with their role in the carbon cycle.

a)

Energetic process in which photosynthetic organisms absorb carbon dioxide to make carbon-containing carbohydrates.

1.

B

b)

Carbon-containing molecules are transferred from prey to predator during consumption.

2.

E + F

c)

Carbon dioxide is returned to the atmosphere during the burning of carbon-containing materials.

3.

N

d)

When an organism dies, decomposers return some carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.

4.

H

e)

Energetic process in where animals, plants, and bacteria break down carbon-containing molecules and return carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.

5.

D + G + J

31.

The hydrologic (water) cycle is the circular pathway of water on Earth from the atmosphere, to the surface, below ground, and back.

Label the water cycle diagram with the correct processes.

32.
Question Image

The hydrologic (water) cycle is the circular pathway of water on Earth from the atmosphere, to the surface, below ground, and back.

Match the process in the water cycle with is function.

a)

Process in which liquid water changes into water vapor.

1.

B

b)

Process in which water vapor turn into liquid water. Creates clouds, fog, dew.

2.

C

c)

Process in which rain, sleet, snow, or hail falls from the sky.

3.

D

d)

Water that runs on the ground into lakes, rivers, and streams.

4.

E

e)

Process in which water is taken through a plant’s roots and evaporates from the plants leaves.

5.

A + G

33.

A food pyramid is shown to represent the transfer of energy in a food chain. Label the amount of energy available to each trophic level if producers have 10,000 kJ of energy.

34.

A food web is a model that shows the complex network of feeding relationships and the flow of energy within and sometimes beyond an ecosystem.

Label the roles that each organism plays in this forest food web

35.

A food chain is a model that shows a sequence of feeding relationships between a producer ( (a)   ), and consumers (​ (b)   ).  There are several types of consumers. ​ (c)   eat only plants. ​ (d)   eat other animals. Omnivores eat both plants and animals. ​ (e)   are detritivores that break down organic matter into simpler compounds meaning they recycle matter.

Choose from the below words
autotrophs
heterotrophs
Herbivores
Carnivores
Decomposers
36.

In the ecological pyramid circle every word that applies, or describes each trophic level.

37.

Plants, algae, or bacteria that produce their own food via photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. ​ (a)  

Plant eating organisms or herbivores. ​ (b)  

Carnivores that eat herbivores. ​ (c)  

Carnivores which eat other carnivores. ​ (d)  

Organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that break down organic material. ​ (e)  

Choose from the below words
Producer
Primary Consumer
Secondary Consumer
Tertiary Consumer
Decomposer
38.

The diagram shows a partial food web. Food webs such as the one shown were first used in 1927 by the animal ecologist Charles Elton.

 Which of the following transfers is the MOST ENERGY EFFICIENT for the hawk?

a)

grass → grasshopper → frogs → snake → hawks

b)

shrubs → mice → hawks

c)

shrubs → mice → snake → hawks

d)

grass → grasshopper → snake → hawk

39.

In the ecological pyramid circle every word that applies, or describes each trophic level.

40.

Plants, algae, or bacteria that produce their own food via photosynthesis or chemosynthesis. ​ (a)  

Plant eating organisms or herbivores. ​ (b)  

Carnivores that eat herbivores. ​ (c)  

Carnivores which eat other carnivores. ​ (d)  

Organism, especially a soil bacterium, fungus, or invertebrate, that break down organic material. ​ (e)  

Choose from the below words
Producer
Primary Consumer
Secondary Consumer
Tertiary Consumer
Decomposer
41.

The diagram shows a partial food web. Food webs such as the one shown were first used in 1927 by the animal ecologist Charles Elton.

 Which of the following transfers is the MOST ENERGY EFFICIENT for the hawk?

a)

grass → grasshopper → frogs → snake → hawks

b)

shrubs → mice → hawks

c)

shrubs → mice → snake → hawks

d)

grass → grasshopper → snake → hawk

42.

Where is the most energy in an energy pyramid found?

a)

The base

b)

The top

c)

The middle

43.

Why are there less animals at the top of the energy pyramid? (Select all that apply)

a)

Energy is lost as heat

b)

Energy is gained as heat

c)

More energy available to reproduce

d)

Less energy available to reproduce

44.

The ___% rule states that only ____% of energy is transferred to the next trophic level.

a)

10%

b)

25%

c)

50%

d)

100%

45.

How much energy is transferred to the next trophic level?

a)

10%

b)

90%

46.

What happens to 90% of the energy in each trophic level?

a)

It turns into chemical energy

b)

It is lost as heat.

c)

It is used for metabolic processes

d)

All of the energy is used and none of it moves to another level

47.

Mice eat seeds, nuts and berries they belong in which TROPHIC level on an energy pyramid?

a)

Level 1: Producers

b)

Level 2: Primary consumers

c)

Level 3: Secondary consumers

d)

Level 4: Tertiary consumers

48.

As you go up a food chain, food web or energy pyramid, energy

a)

increases

b)

decreases

49.

What do the arrows show in a food chain?

a)

They point to the smallest animals.

b)

They point to the animal that tastes the best.

c)

They point to just the producers.

d)

They point in the direction that energy is flowing.

50.

Select any animal that is just a carnivore

51.

Select all of the organisms in the food chain from Phytoplankton to Tundra Swans

52.

Select any animal that is just an herbivore

53.

Select any animal that is just an omnivore

54.

If there was an increase in the elf owl population size there would be an ​ (a)   in the population sizes of the ​ (b)   , and the ​ red harvester ant.

Choose from the below words
decrease
mantid
increase
wood rat
grasshopper mouse
gila woodpecker
55.

If there's 20,000 kcal on the producer level of this trophic pyramid, how many kcal will be passed on to the primary consumers?

56.

Assuming that there's 20,000 kcal on the producer level of this trophic pyramid, how many kcal will be passed on to the quaternary consumers?

57.

How are primary consumers different from secondary consumers?

a)

Primary consumers eat only plants;secondary consumers eat other consumers.

b)

Primary consumers eat other consumers;secondary consumers eat only plants.

c)

primary consumers eat plants and other consumer;secondary consumers eat plants and decompose matter

d)

Primary consumers eat plants and decompose matter ;secondary consumers consumers eat plants and other consumers.

58.
A team of ecologists observed feeding patterns of several populations in the desert. The energy pyramid shown below depicts the feeding patterns the ecologist observed. Which of the following best explains the difference in the amount of available energy in the trophic levels of the desert ecosystem?
a)
There is less energy available in the producers because their tissues are less dense than those at higher trophic levels.
b)
There is more energy available in the second trophic level because less energy is needed for hunting compared to the higher trophic levels. 
c)
There is more available energy in the birds of prey because they have greater muscle mass for storing energy than organisms in lower trophic levels have. 
d)
There is less available energy in the fourth trophic level because of the loss of energy through metabolism in each of the lower trophic levels.
59.
Which of the following statements is true about natural systems? 
a)
Consumers form the bottom levels of both the energy pyramid and the biomass pyramid.
b)
Producers are at the bottom level of both the energy pyramid and the biomass pyramid.
c)
Producers are at the bottom of the energy pyramid, but at the top of the biomass pyramid.
d)
Producers are at the bottom of the energy pyramid, but at the top of the biomass pyramid.
60.

An organism that recycles nutrients through an ecosystem by consuming dead plants or animals is known as a(n)...

a)

Herbivore

b)

Apex Predator

c)

Producer

d)

Decomposer

61.

Total amount of living tissue within a given trophic level

a)

Biomass

b)

Nutrients

c)

Biotissue

d)

Phytoplankton

62.

The diagram above shows a partial food web. Based on the food web, which of the organisms acts as both a primary consumer and a secondary consumer?

a)

Fox

b)

Mouse

c)

Rabbit

d)

Toad

63.

The flowchart shows the unidirectional flow of energy through a food chain and the cycling of matter in nature.

How would the absence of decomposers most significantly affect the flowchart?

a)

The flow of energy would be affected.

b)

The dissipation of energy would be less.

c)

It would stop the cycling of matter in nature.

d)

The supply of nutrients for the producers would be less.

64.

Which of the following represents a food chain in the food web above?

a)

copepods → snapper → seal → orca

b)

diatoms → copepods → killifish → snapper → seal

c)

orca → herring → snapper → killifish → copepod → diatom

d)

squid → bluefish → herring → mackerel

65.

Examine the food web above. Which pair of consumers in this food web has the greatest amount of energy available for consumption?

a)

hawk and mountain lion

b)

rabbit and grasshopper

c)

snake and songbird

d)

trees and grass

66.

The diagram above shows a partial food web. Food webs, such as the one shown, were first used in 1927 by the animal ecologist Charles Elton.

Which of the following transfers is the most energy efficient?

a)

Plant → Grasshopper → Toad → Snake

b)

Plant → Mouse → Fox

c)

Plant → Grasshopper → Mouse → Fox

d)

Fox → Plant → Mouse