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Food chain 2

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 2hrs 54mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Producers are:

a)

animals

b)

rocks

c)

plants

2.

Plants are called producers because they can produce their own:

a)

music

b)

food

c)

air

3.

Animals that eat only plants are called:

a)

herbivores

b)

omnivores

c)

carnivores

4.

Animals that eat only meat are called:

a)

herbivores

b)

carnivores

c)

omnivores

5.

Animals that eat both plants and animals are called:

a)

herbivores

b)

carnivores

c)

omnivores

6.

A food chain is:

a)

an animal that eats only plants.

b)

a diagram that shows how energy moves from one organism to another. (Grass>Mouse>Owl)

c)

An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal.

7.

A living thing that breaks down dead plants and animals - such as, fungi, worms, bacteria, is:

a)

decomposer

b)

food web

c)

omnivore

8.

A system of many food chains that interact with each other:

a)

predator

b)

consumer

c)

food web

9.

An animal that hunts and eats other animals:

a)

producer

b)

plants

c)

predator

10.

A living thing that needs to eat other living things for food:

a)

consumer

b)

producer

c)

desk chair

11.

A living thing:

a)

organism

b)

rock

c)

weather

12.

An animal that is hunted and eaten by another animal:

a)

predator

b)

prey

c)

scavenger

13.

An example of a consumer:

a)

grass

b)

roses

c)

dog

14.

An example of a predator:

a)

shark

b)

mouse

c)

rabbit

15.

An example of prey:

a)

lion

b)

mouse

c)

shark

16.

Where do all life forms get their energy?

a)

Food

b)

Water

c)

Plants

d)

The Sun

17.

Recently, a family of bobcats(predator) moved into an area with a large rabbit(prey) population. What changes may occur in the food chain?

a)

The rabbit population may increase

b)

The rabbit population may decrease

c)

The rabbit population may increase first, then decrease

d)

The rabbit population will remain the same

18.
A population of mice lives in a barn community. A cat population has just joined the community. What will happen?
a)
Mouse and cat populations both go up?
b)
Mouse and cat populations both go down
c)
Mouse population goes down as cat population goes up
d)
Mouse population goes up as cat population goes down
19.
Where an animal lives is called the animal's ______
a)
wildlife
b)
habitat
c)
environment 
d)
carnivore 
20.

which one is a Producer?

a)
b)
c)
d)
21.
Which is the correct food chain order?
a)
Plant-->1st Consumer--> 2nd Consumer 
b)
Plant <-- 1st Consumer <-- 2nd Consumer
c)
2nd consumer     --> 1st consumer  --> Plant
d)
1st Consumer      --> 2nd consumer --> Plant
22.
The fox in this food web would be considered a:
a)
Tertiary Consumer
b)
Producer
c)
Secondary Consumer
d)
Primary Consumer
23.
The rabbit in this food web would be considered a:
a)
Decomposer
b)
Producer
c)
Secondary Consumer
d)
Primary Consumer
24.
What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?
a)
The insects in the habitat would increase.
b)
The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.
c)
The willow tree population would decrease.
d)
Foxes would dies due to no food source. 
25.
The mouse in this food web would be considered a:
a)
Primary Consumer
b)
Producer
c)
Tertiary Consumer
d)
Secondary Consumer
26.
Which of the animals in this food web is a secondary consumer?
a)
Hawk
b)
Lizard
c)
Mouse
d)
Snake
27.
The primary consumer in this food chain is the ____________.
a)
Frog
b)
Eagle
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Python
28.

Why do people say adult lions are at the top of the food chain?

a)

Adult lions have no predators in the wild.

b)

Adult lions are prey for many different kinds of animals.

c)

Adult lions are producers and can make food on their own.

d)

Adult lions help other animals get food by hunting for them.

29.

What is a food chain?

a)

The flow of energy from one thing to another

b)

The way animals eat each other

c)

The way the sun makes everything

d)

How the plants grow

30.
What animal is on the top of the food chain? 
*Remember Humans are on the top of all food chains because we do not get hunted. 
a)
Grass
b)
Grasshopper
c)
Mouse
d)
Owl
31.

What do plants need to make their own food?

a)

Sun, Water, and Animals

b)

Sun, Coke, and Soil

c)

Sun, Water, and Soil

d)

Nothing at all

32.

What is a decomposer?

a)
b)
c)
d)
33.
True/False
Food webs show you everything an animal eats. Food chains show you one thing.
a)
True
b)
False
34.
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.
35.
What is the study of the interactions among organisms and  between organisms and their environments called?
a)
Biology
b)
Ecology
c)
Astronomy
d)
Biosphere
36.
The direction of the flow of energy in a food web is represented by ___.
a)
Light bulbs
b)
Dotted Lines
c)
Arrows
d)
Bubbles
37.
Energy increases as you move up the food pyramid (from bottom to top).
a)
True 
b)
False
38.
A frog eats a fly. The frog and fly are demonstrating ________.
a)
mutualism
b)
competition
c)
predator/prey
d)
parasitism
39.

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.

40.

In the diagram, which organism provides nutrients for the

largest number of other organisms?

a)

Seal

b)

Herring

c)

Snapper

d)

Bluefish

41.

What is the driving source of energy for the food web to

the right?

a)

Sun

b)

Orca

c)

Seal

d)

Larvae

42.

Which organisms compete for food in the food web to the

right?

a)

Orca and Herring

b)

Seal and Copepod

c)

Killifish and Snapper

d)

Mackerel and Bluefish

43.

What's the role of consumers in a food chain?

a)

Use sunlight to make food

b)

Eat other species and keep them from overpopulating

c)

Break down dead stuff

d)

Add nutrients to the soil

44.

Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?

a)

Plant

b)

Rabbit

c)

Mouse

d)

Hawk

45.

Which animal in the food chain is an herbivore and eats only plants?

a)

wolf

b)

fox

c)

hedgehog

d)

grasshopper

46.

Which living thing is a predator?

a)
b)
c)
d)
47.

Which living things are producers in the ocean?

a)

dolphins

b)

seaweed

c)

penguins

d)

sharks

48.

What might happen if salmon become endangered?

a)

Bears might have a hard time getting the energy they need.

b)

Bears would have an easier time finding food.

c)

There would be more bears in the wild.

d)

There would be less insects in the wild.

49.

Fossil teeth can tell about what a dinosaur ate. What do you think this animal ate?

a)

spiders

b)

fruit

c)

insects

d)

meat

50.

What happens when a frog eats a fly?

a)

Some energy moves from the predator to the prey.

b)

Some energy moves from the prey to the predator.

c)

Some energy moves from the producer to the consumer.

d)

Some energy moves from the consumer to the producer.

51.

Which living thing is a producer?

a)
b)
c)
d)
52.

If the GRASS became diseased, which organisms would also be NEGATIVELY affected?

a)

Rabbits only

b)

Rabbits and snakes

c)

Rabbits, snakes, and hawks

d)

Rabbits and hawks (snakes benefit)

53.

If the RABBITS became diseased, which organisms would also be NEGATIVELY affected?

a)

Grass and hawks

b)

Grass and snakes

c)

Grass, snakes, and hawks

d)

Snakes and hawks

54.

If the RABBITS became diseased, which organisms would also be POSITIVELY affected?

a)

Grass

b)

Snakes

c)

Nobody (all hurt)

d)

Hawks

55.

What happened after 12 months after the hawk population was MOSTLY killed off?

a)

Snakes increased, Rabbits decreased, and Grass increased. Then everything balanced back out to almost normal.

b)

Initially everything was stable, but the snake population killed all the rabbits and then died out themselves.

c)

Everything went down significantly at first, then the hawks recovered.

d)

Everything except the grass died off at first, then the rabbits recovered.

56.

Which of the following is not true about predator-prey relationships?

a)

Predators lower the size of prey populations

b)

If a prey population grows, the predator population will grow too

c)

Predators hunt/eat prey.

d)

If a predator is removed, the prey population will die off.

57.

What is the effect of removing prey from a food chain?

a)

All predators above them will die or suffer.

b)

The prey's predator will die or suffer, but everybody else should be fine.

c)

The prey will always, eventually, come back

d)

The predators population will grow