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food web and food chain

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 1hrs 3mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the study of the interactions among organisms and  between organisms and their environments called?
a)
Biology
b)
Ecology
c)
Astronomy
d)
Biosphere
2.
The direction of the flow of energy in a food web is represented by ___.
a)
Light bulbs
b)
Dotted Lines
c)
Arrows
d)
Bubbles
3.
Which of these is an example of an autotroph?
a)
Sunflower
b)
Krill
c)
Leopard
d)
Hummingbird
4.
What is a producer? 
a)
Organism that creates their own food.
b)
Organism that eat other organisms for energy
c)
Organism that eat other dead organisms
5.

An organism that lives by breaking apart dead animal and plants into simpler parts is...

a)

scavenger

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

d)

carnivore

6.

Where do all life forms get their energy?

a)

Food

b)

Water

c)

Plants

d)

The Sun

7.

The food web supports which statement?

a)

Organisms are independent from one another.

b)

Each organism has its own, unique food source.

c)

Matter cannot move from one organism to

another.

d)

Matter can be recycled between organisms

and their environment.

8.

Which group of organisms is missing from the food

web to the right?

a)

carnivore

b)

herbivore

c)

carnivore

d)

decomposer

9.

In the diagram, which organism provides nutrients for the

largest number of other organisms?

a)

Seal

b)

Herring

c)

Snapper

d)

Bluefish

10.
Which of the following arrangement is the correct food chain?
Antara susunan yang berikut, yang manakah ialah rantai makanan yang betul?
a)
R → P Q S
b)
Q → R P S
c)
P → Q R S
d)
Q → P R S
11.

How are the living creatures in an ecosystem linked?

a)

By what they eat

b)

By how they breathe

c)

By their size

d)

By their species`

12.

What can you infer from the fact that the disappearance of just one species can disrupt an entire food chain?

a)

Every food chain depends entirely on a single species

b)

Food chains are extremely fragile

c)

Food chains can regenerate on their own

d)

Food chains would not exist without humans

13.

How is a food web different from a food chain?

a)

Food webs contain only producers, not consumers.

b)

Food webs do not include decomposers.

c)

Food webs contain many different, linked food chains.

d)

Food webs exist in aquatic environments; food chains exist in terrestrial environments.

14.

This organism is most likely

a)

A primary consumer

b)

A secondary consumer

c)

A decomposer

d)

A producer

15.

Producers are:

a)

animals

b)

rocks

c)

plants

16.

Plants are called producers because they can produce their own:

a)

music

b)

food

c)

air

17.

Animals that eat only plants are called:

a)

herbivores

b)

omnivores

c)

carnivores

18.
Where do all life forms get their energy?
a)
Earth's Core
b)
Water
c)
Plants
d)
The Sun
19.
What is a food chain?
a)
A long chain made of food 
b)
A list of ingredients used to cook food 
c)
How animals depend on plants and animals to survive
20.
What do you call an animal that hunts and eats other animals?
a)
Prey
b)
Producer
c)
Predator 
d)
Decomposer