WorksheetsEnergy Pyramid/Niche
Total questions: 21
Worksheet time: 52mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
An organism that can make its own food is called?
a)
Consumer
b)
Producer
c)
Decomposer
d)
Herbivore
2.
This type of consumer only feeds on the bodies of dead animals.
a)
Herbivore.
b)
Decomposer.
c)
Carnivore.
d)
Scavenger
3.
Overlapping food chains in an ecosystem make up....
a)
food web
b)
food chain
c)
niche
d)
symbiosis
4.
An animal that eats other animals is a....
a)
carnivore
b)
omnivore
c)
herbivore
d)
decomposer
5.
A producer is a (n) ______________.
a)
heterotroph
b)
omnitroph
c)
autotroph
d)
oscartroph
6.
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 what direction the energy is flowing between organisms.
d)
They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.
7.
How much energy is available to be passed on to the next trophic level in an ecosystem?
a)
100%
b)
10%
c)
50%
d)
75%
8.
In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the most energy available?
a)
Producers
b)
Carnivores
c)
Herbivores
d)
Top Predator
9.
In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in each level gets lost as heat or used by the organism for survival?
a)
80%
b)
90%
c)
10%
d)
20%
10.
The owl receives energy from which organisms?
a)
grasshopper and mouse
b)
mouse and rabbit
c)
rabbit and butterfly
d)
butterfly and frog
11.
The krill is eaten by which consumer?
a)
blue whale
b)
phytoplankton
c)
leopard seal
d)
penguin
12.
In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in the producers gets passed to the herbivores?
a)
10%
b)
20%
c)
80%
d)
90%
13.
The diagram represents a pyramid of energy in an ecosystem. Which level would most likely contain members of the plant kingdom?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
14.
Which organism recieves the least amount of energy from the producer?
a)
Owl
b)
Grasshopper
c)
Lilypad
d)
Mouse
15.
Which organism in this food web is a carnivore?
a)
Mouse
b)
Grasshopper
c)
Green Plant
d)
Snake
16.
True or False. In this energy pyramid, the consumers on each level only get about 10 percent of energy that the trophic level before it has stored.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
A pyramid shape is used to show the amount of available energy at each trophic level because...
a)
energy decreases as you go up the food chain, just like the pyramid shape gets smaller as you go up.
b)
energy increases up the food chain just like the pyramid shape gets smaller as you go up.
c)
energy amounts are the same at each trophic level
18.
What would happen to the bird if the green fish died out?
a)
the bird population would grow
b)
the bird population would die out
c)
the smaller fish will die out
19.
All tertiary consumers are scavengers
a)
true
b)
false
20.
What would happen if the primary consumers died out?
a)
the producers would grow and the secondary and tertiary consumers would die
b)
producers would die out
c)
consumers would grow
21.
An organism's _________ is defined as the environment in which it lives.
a)
habitat
b)
niche
c)
social structure
d)
ecosystem
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