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Food Chains

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 6hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
An ______ is an independent living thing.
a)
consumer
b)
producer
c)
organism
d)
herbivore
2.
All organisms need _____ to survive.
a)
Environment
b)
energy
c)
sun
d)
plants
3.
_________ cannot make their own food, so they need to consume (eat) plants or animals.
a)
consumers
b)
producers
c)
decomposers
4.
The  ____________ provides all the initial energy to plants.
a)
sun
b)
moon
c)
environment
d)
water
5.
____ make their own food through photosynthesis. 
a)
consumer
b)
decomposer
c)
producer
6.
What does a food chain contain? Choose ALL correct answers.
a)
consumer
b)
producer
c)
decomposer
d)
all of the above
7.
__________ eat decaying matter, dead plants and animals and in the process they break them down. 
a)
consumer
b)
producer
c)
decomposer
8.
_______are animals that eat only plants.
a)
herbivore
b)
carnivore
c)
omnivore
9.
_______ are animals that eat only animals (meat).
a)
herbivore
b)
omnivore
c)
carnivore
10.
_________ are animals that eat BOTH plants and animals. 
a)
omnivore
b)
carnivore
c)
herbivore
11.
a _______ shows how each living thing gets food and how nutrients and energy are passed from organism to organism. 
a)
ecosystem
b)
food chain
12.
what consumer group do YOU fit in?
a)
herbivore
b)
carnivore
c)
omnivore
13.
What is a daisy considered?
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
14.
what is bacteria or fungi considered?
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
15.
what is a human considered?
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
16.
what is grass considered?
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
17.
what is a lion considered?
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
18.

Observe the food chain above. Which organism’s population would increase if finches were removed from the ecosystem?

a)

Grass

b)

Grasshopper

c)

Snake

d)

Hawk

19.

The roadrunner is a desert bird that eats fruits and seeds. It also eats insects, spiders, scorpions, and rattlesnakes.


What would likely happen if the roadrunner population disappeared from its ecosystem?

a)

There would be no more fruits or seeds.

b)

There would a decrease in spider populations.

c)

The rattlesnake population would stay the same.

d)

There would be an increase in scorpion populations.

20.

What is one example of the way that energy flows in the food chain above?

a)

Energy flows from grass to the Sun

b)

Energy flows from hawks to snakes

c)

Energy flows from grasshoppers to finches

d)

Energy flows from snakes to finches

21.

In this food chain, where does the lizard get its energy from?

a)

plant

b)

grasshopper

c)

mushrooms

d)

sun

22.

In a wetland there are birds, fish, algae, fungus, and insects


Order these organisms from producer to consumer to decomposer.

a)

birds, fish, algae, fungus, insects, and fish.

b)

insects, algae, fungus, birds, fish

c)

algae, insects, fish, birds, fungus

d)

fungus, algae, insects, fish, birds