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Food Web, Food Chain, Energy Pyramid

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

All food webs and food chains begin with _________________.

a)

primary consumer

b)

producers

c)

secondary consumers

d)

tertiary consumers

2.
In this energy pyramid, which organisms have the most energy available?
a)
Producers
b)
Carnivores
c)
Herbivores
d)
Top Predator
3.
How many carnivores are shown in this food web?
a)
6
b)
4
c)
5
d)
3
4.

In an ecological pyramid, which type of organism always has the least amount of energy available?

a)

Producers

b)

Herbivores

c)

Carnivores

d)

Apex Predator

5.

If there are 100 Kcal of energy available in the producers, how much energy would be available in the primary consumers?

a)

10 Kcal

b)

1 Kcal

c)

100 Kcal

d)

1000 Kcal

6.

Which organism is the carnivore?

a)
b)
c)
d)
7.
What percentage of energy is passed on to each tropic level?
a)
10%
b)
50%
c)
90%
d)
100%
8.

Which organism do the owl and the weasel compete for in the food web?

a)

Hawk

b)

Spider

c)

Grasshopper

d)

Shrew

9.
In a food web, arrows point at:
a)
who gets energy.
b)
who gets eaten.
10.
An organism that eats the secondary consumer.
a)
Primary Consumer
b)
Secondary Consumer
c)
Tertiary Consumer
d)
Consumer
11.
Organisms which carry out the process of decomposition by breaking down dead or decaying organisms.
a)
Consumer
b)
Producer
c)
Decomposer
d)
Herbivore
12.
Energy increases as you move up the food pyramid (from bottom to top).
a)
True 
b)
False
13.
A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________
a)
ecosystem
b)
food web
c)
environment
14.

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 consumers; secondary consumers eat plants and decompose matter.

d)

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

15.
An organism that needs to eat other organisms to obtain energy is known as a:
a)
Autotroph
b)
Producer
c)
Consumer
d)
Mutualist
16.
What is a trophic level?
a)
Each level represented within a food chain or web.
b)
Levels of ecosystems that the world is divided into.
c)
Different levels of nutrients present within an organism.
d)
The levels of sunlight an autotroph needs to survive. 
17.
The krill is eaten by which consumer?
a)
blue whale
b)
phytoplankton
c)
leopard seal
d)
penguin
18.
What is this called?
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Abiotic Factors
19.
If there is 1000 Kcal available in the producers in trophic level 1, how much energy is available in the herbivores in trophic level 2?
a)
10 Kcal
b)
1 Kcal
c)
100 Kcal
d)
1000 Kcal
20.

In the food web shown, who is the secondary consumer?

a)

grass

b)

mouse

c)

rabbit

d)

fox

21.

What level consumer is the deer?

a)

primary consumer

b)

secondary consumer

c)

tertiary consumer

d)

producer

22.

Living things in an ecosystem are known as

a)

abiotic

b)

biotic

23.

Which organism needs to find its own food?

a)

autotroph

b)

hetertroph

24.
an organism that can produce its own food through photosynthesis
a)
consumer
b)
heterotroph
c)
autotroph
d)
herbivore
25.
Which is the smallest level of an ecosystem?
a)

organism

b)

population

c)

community

d)

ecosystem

26.

The ___ is the ultimate energy source for all living things.

a)

moon

b)

producer

c)

sun

d)

consumers

e)

meat

27.

What amount of energy is available at the next trophic level?

a)

10 %

b)

20%

c)

50%

d)

90%

28.

What happens to the energy that is not available to the next trophic level

a)

Becomes fire

b)

It is destroyed

c)

It is used or "LOST" as heat

d)

All energy is available at all levels

29.

Which organism is an omnivore in this food web?

a)

snake

b)

chipmunk

c)

catepillar

d)

bird

e)

frog

30.

What would happen if the herbivore population doubled?

a)

chameleon population will suffer

b)

caterpillar population decreases

c)

Producers in the area may decrease