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Food Chains and Food webs-Test

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What would happen if there were no thrush in the model above?

a)

there would be more insects and slugs

b)

there would be less insects and sluga

c)

there would be more voles

d)

there would be more hawks

2.

What do decomposers do in a food chain?

a)

they are the first part of a food chain that feeds all of the other organisms

b)

they break down all other organisms to provide nutrients for the soil to help the producers

c)

they serve as food for the consumers

3.

In the food web modeled above, where does the flow of energy end?

a)

mangoes and flowers

b)

flowers and frogs

c)

eagle since nothing else in the web gets energy from the eagle

d)

python and wolf

4.

What type of ecological pyramid is never inverted?

a)

ecological pyramid

b)

energy pyramid

c)

numbers pyramid

d)

biomass pyramid

5.

An organism that must consume other organisms for nutrients is called a(n)

(a)  

6.

A path showing the flow of energy from the Sun to a producer and through different levels of consumers is called a(n)

(a)  

7.

What is the name of the organism which eats primary consumers?

a)

Tertiary Consumers

b)

Secondary Consumers

c)

Quaternary Consumers

d)

Top Predators

8.
The efficiency of energy transfer from a lower trophic level to the next highest level is roughly
a)
1%
b)
10%
c)
100%
d)
1000%
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.

An organism that transforms energy from the Sun and uses carbon dioxide and water to make food is called a(n)

(a)  

11.

An animal that eats tertiary consumers is named a(n)

(a)  

12.

Look at the blank Energy Pyramid. Which Trophic Level is where we would find the Tertiary Consumers?

a)

The bottom level

b)

The second from the bottom level

c)

The top level

d)

The second from the top level

13.

Overlapping food chains with different pathways to show the flow of energy in an ecosystem is known as a(n)

(a)  

14.

The arrows in a food chain or web represent 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.

15.

How many calories (kcal) will be passed on from 2,587 kcal to the next trophic level?

a)

2,587.0

b)

258.7

c)

25.87

d)

10%

16.

In this food chain, what is the secondary consumer?

a)

Plants

b)

Freshwater Shrimp

c)

Minnow

d)

Perch

e)

Pike

17.
An organism that eats both plants and other animals is also known as.....
a)
Weird
b)
Autotroph
c)
Omnivore
d)
Carnivore
18.

Which section of the pyramid has the least energy?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

19.

If a primary consumers have 650 kcals of energy available to them in the producers they eat, how many kcals of energy make it into the primary consumer trophic level?

a)

6.5

b)

65000

c)

650

d)

65

20.

Which chart correctly shows three of the organisms according to their roles in cycling matter in the marine food web?

a)
b)
c)
d)
21.

What does a Pyramid of Biomass consists of?

a)

the amount of mass/weight of organisms at each trophic level

b)

the amount of energy available at each trophic level

c)

the amount of mass/weight consumed at each trophic level

d)

the amount of individuals at each trophic level

22.

Grizzly bears eat seeds, berries, roots, grasses, fungi, deer, elk, fish, and insects. This would make them a(n)...

a)

Detritivore

b)

Carnivore

c)

Herbivore

d)

Omnivore

23.
For a pyramid of numbers, the width of the bar shows the__________ of organisms present in each trophic level at a particular time. 
a)
number
b)
biomass
c)
energy
d)
volume
24.

Consider the following food chain in the ocean:

phytoplankton --> zooplankton --> herring --> salmon

If the phytoplankton produce 40 000 000 kJ of energy per day, how much energy is available to the salmon?

a)

400 000 kJ

b)

40 000 kJ

c)

4 000 000 kJ

d)

4 000 kJ

25.

Which energy pyramid best represents the data in the table?

a)
b)
c)
d)
26.

Bacteria, fungi, and earthworms are examples of:

a)

scavengers

b)

carnivores

c)

decomposers

d)

microorganisms

27.
The number of organisms _________ with each successive (higher) trophic level. 
a)
increases
b)
decreases
28.

Vultures, which feed on the remains of dead organisms, are best described as _____________.

a)

primary consumers

b)

scavengers

c)

omnivores

d)

herbivores

29.

TRUE or FALSE: The arrow in a food chain can point in any direction as long as it is pointing on an organism?

a)

FALSE

b)

TRUE

30.

Which of these is a possible food chain for this environment?

a)

Fruit tree→ fly → frog→ cat

b)

frog → fly → grass → grasshopper

c)

Sun ← fruit tree ← fly ← frog ← cat

d)

Sun → fly → frog → snake