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Food chains and Food webs

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Where do all life forms get their energy?
a)
Earth's Core
b)
Water
c)
Plants
d)
The Sun
2.
What do you call an animal that hunts and eats other animals?
a)
Prey
b)
Producer
c)
Predator 
d)
Decomposer 
3.
Which is an example of a producer?
a)
A Human
b)
A Spider
c)
A Tree 
d)
A Caterpillar 
4.
What do Omnivores eat?
a)
Meat
b)
Plants 
c)
Meat and plants 
d)
Only meat 
5.
An animal that eats plants rather than other animals is called:
a)
Meat Eater
b)
Carnivore
c)
Herbivore
d)
Omnivore
6.
If an animal becomes extinct, which part of the food chain is affected? 
a)
The whole food chain is affected
b)
Only animals at the top of the food chain are affected 
c)
Only animals at the bottom of the food chain are affected 
7.
A plant or animal that gets its energy (food) from other living things is called:
a)
Decomposers
b)
Consumers
c)
Carnivores
d)
Herbivores
8.
How do decomposers help other organisms in an ecosystem?
a)
They break down dead plants and animals and add nutrients back into the soil
b)
They use the sun to make food 
c)
Decomposers only break down dead plants 
d)
They do not help other organisms in an ecosystem
9.
An animal that eats only meat is called:
a)
Consumer
b)
Omnivore
c)
Herbivore
d)
Carnivore 
10.
An animal that is hunted and eaten for food is a 
a)
predator
b)
prey
c)
population
11.
Which one is NOT an example of a decomposer?
a)
mushroom
b)
leaves
c)
mold
d)
worm
12.
Where does the energy start in this food chain?
a)
Plant
b)
Sun
c)
Deer
d)
Wolf
13.
Which of these is true about this food web?
a)
The Owl gets its energy from the producer.
b)
The Lion gets its energy only from a wild cat.
c)
The Kite gets its energy from the goat.
d)
The Mouse is most likely to die, several ways.
14.
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. 
15.
What is the role of a producer?
a)
Use sunlight to make food
b)
Gain energy from eating other organisms
c)
Keep other species from overpopulating
d)
Breaking down dead stuff