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Energy Roles

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 10mins

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Class
Date
1.

An organism that eats only plants is called a...

a)

Carnivore

b)

Omnivore

c)

Herbivore

d)

Vegetarian

2.

Which best describes a "niche"?

a)

The environment an organism lives in

b)

An organism's role

c)

An organism's favorite food

d)

An organism's favorite pastime

3.

Organisms that eat other organisms are called...

a)

Consumers

b)

Producers

c)

Decomposers

4.

A diagram that shows only 1 path of energy movement in an ecosystem is a...

a)

Food web

b)

Food pyramid

c)

Energy pyramid

d)

Food chain

5.

Which statement best describes the purpose of an energy pyramid?

a)

It shows the amount of energy that travels from one level to the next

b)

It shows where energy travels from one level to the next

c)

It shows which animals pass energy along

6.

Consumers that eat other animals (only) are called...

a)

Producers

b)

Herbivores

c)

Carnivores

d)

Omnivores

7.

Organisms that convert sunlight into energy are...

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Decomposers

8.

Which of the following is not (technically) an energy role?

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Herbivore

d)

Decomposer

9.

Which level of consumer is responsible for eating the producer in a food chain/web?

a)

Tertiary consumer

b)

Secondary consumer

c)

Primary consumer

10.

What is the producer in this ocean food chain?

a)

Sun

b)

Kelp

c)

Sea urchins

d)

Arctic foxes

11.

Which type of organism eats both plants and animals?

a)

Herbivore

b)

Carnivore

c)

Omnivore

12.

What do decomposers do?

a)

Eat annoying organisms, like insects

b)

Break down wastes & dead organisms

c)

Eat organisms that are already dead; like roadkill

13.

In this food chain, what level of consumer are crabs?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Quaternary

14.

What do we call the consumer that eats the primary consumer?

a)

The secondary consumer

b)

The tertiary consumer

c)

A carnivore

15.

Which is more accurate?

a)

Food chain

b)

Food web

16.

Which organism is NOT a primary consumer?

a)

Caterpillar

b)

Blue jay

c)

Grasshopper

d)

Rabbit

17.

Fungi and bacteria are examples of...

a)

Producers

b)

Decomposers

c)

Primary consumers

d)

Scavengers