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Energy FLow

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Why is a shark a carnivore.
a)
because it eats seaweed
b)
because it eats dead animals
c)
because it eats sand 
d)
because it eats other animals
2.

The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?

a)

They point to the organism that is being eaten.

b)

It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.

c)

They show the direction the energy is flowing between organisms.

d)

They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

3.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
d)
How carnivores get their food. 
4.
The image provided is an example of a(n):
a)
Producer
b)
Autotroph
c)
Consumer
d)
Insect
5.
A wolf eats a rabbit, that just ate some berries.  What would you call the rabbit?
a)
Producer
b)
Omnivore
c)
Primary Consumer
d)
2nd order Heterotrph
6.
What is indicated by the diagram?
a)
Food web
b)
Food chain
c)
Food map
d)
Food menu
7.
Autotrophs are organisms that produce their own food. Which do scientist classify as autotrophs?
a)
Chordates
b)
Fungi
c)
Plants
d)
Molds
8.
An organism that gets energy from breaking down dead organisms, non-living material or waste is a(an) ___________.
a)
producer
b)
consumer
c)
decomposer
d)
autotroph
9.
Eat primary consumers (can be carnivores and omnivores)
a)
Tertiary Consumers
b)
Secondary Consumers
c)
Quaternary Consumers 
d)
Top Predators 
10.
An organism that obtains energy by consuming plants and animals.
a)
Omnivores
b)
Carnivores
c)
Herbivores
d)
Humans 
11.

Consumers that eat only plants

a)

Carnivores

b)

Omnivores

c)

Herbivores

d)

Scavengers

12.

Consumers, such as vultures, that feed on the bodies of dead organisms

a)

Carnivores

b)

Omnivores

c)

Herbivores

d)

Scavengers

13.

A food _______ is a series of events in which one organism eats another and obtains energy.

a)

chain

b)

web

c)

pyramid

d)

plate

14.

In the food web above, what organism is a tertiary consumer?

a)

Fox

b)

Frog

c)

Vole

d)

Grass

15.

Which of the following has the correct order of the trophic levels for a food web or chain.

a)

herbivores-decomposer-autotrophs-carnivores-

b)

decomposer-carnivores-autotrophs-herbivores

c)

producer-tertiary consumer-secondary consumer-primary consumer

d)

producer-primary consumer-secondary consumer-tertiary consumer-decomposer

16.

A worm is a/an

a)

autotroph

b)

heterotroph