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Mystery Science - Web of Life

Total questions: 29

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What are the main ingredients plants use to make their own food?

a)

water and sunlight

b)

water and soil

c)

water and oxygen

d)

water and carbon dioxide

2.

Which of these organisms is NOT a decomposer?

a)

Mushrooms

b)

Plants

c)

Bacteria

d)

Earthworms

3.

The energy in all ecosystems comes from _________?

a)

gravity

b)

sunlight

c)

magic

d)

moon

4.

Which are possible ways that living things interact in an ecosystem?

a)

eating or being eaten by other animals

b)

giving off and taking up gases like carbon dioxide and oxygen

c)

recycling nutrients

d)

all of the above

5.

________________ are called "producers" because they make their own food.

a)

Fungi

b)

Animals

c)

Plants

d)

Kids

6.

Consumers need _________ to breathe.

a)

water

b)

carbon dioxide

c)

sunlight

d)

oxygen

7.

Snakes, earthworms, caterpillars

a)

herbivores

b)

omnivores

c)

carnivores

d)

none of the above

8.

phytoplankton, algae, trees

a)

herbivores

b)

carnivores

c)

decomposers

d)

producers

9.

fungi, bacteria, maggots

a)

omnivores

b)

carnivores

c)

decomposers

d)

producers

10.

grass, zebras, lions

a)

carnivores

b)

decomposers

c)

producers

d)

none of the above

11.

cougars, sharks, t-rex

a)

herbivores

b)

carnivores

c)

omnivores

d)

producers

12.

deer, squirrels, cows

a)

herbivores

b)

carnivores

c)

omnivores

d)

none of the above

13.

racoons, bears, crows

a)

herbivores

b)

omnivores

c)

carnivores

d)

decomposers

14.

gopher, mice, snails

a)

carnivores

b)

herbivores

c)

omnivores

d)

producers

15.

What would most likely result if pesticides killed off the grasshoppers?

a)

The amount of carrots would increase.

b)

The birds would start eating grass.

c)

The amount of grass would increase.

d)

The owl would die off.

16.

Producers do which of the following things?

a)

use carbon dioxide and release oxygen

b)

include plants and algae

c)

make their own food rather than eating other living things

d)

all of the above

17.

Decomposers can ...

a)

only be seen under a microscope.

b)

create nutrients out of the air that help plants grow.

c)

break down waste and dead material into nutrients for plants.

18.

Mold is an example of a

a)

gas

b)

producer

c)

decomposer

19.

An ecosystem includes all the producers, consumers, and decomposers in an environment.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Why do you have to clean a fish tank but not a pond?

a)

Fish tanks are dirtier.

b)

Fish tanks don't have decomposers to break down waste.

c)

Fish make oxygen in the water that can be seen in a fish tank.

21.

_____________ lose leaves and die.

a)

producers

b)

consumers

c)

decomposers

22.

Fruit trees are examples of ____________

a)

producers

b)

consumers

c)

decomposers

23.

Animals are examples of

a)

producers

b)

consumers

c)

decomposers

24.

_______________ break down material which provides nutrients to producers.

a)

producers

b)

consumers

c)

decomposers

25.

____________ release oxygen into the air.

a)

producers

b)

consumers

c)

decomposers

26.

Which correctly shows the flow of energy through a food web?

a)

Producers → decomposers → consumers

b)

Producers → consumers → decomposers

c)

Decomposers → consumers → producers

27.

Choose the statement that most accurately describes why the dinosaurs died.

a)

The dinosaurs died from earthquakes set off by the asteroid impact.

b)

The dinosaurs burned up instantly from a giant fireball caused by the asteroid.

c)

Most dinosaurs starved due to the collapse of their food webs.

d)

Most dinosaurs suffocated because they couldn’t breathe air full of asteroid dust.

e)

The dinosaurs froze to death when the sun was blocked out.

28.

Which organisms were most likely to survive the Cretaceous extinction? Choose as many choices as you want.

a)

Omnivores

b)

Herbivores

c)

Small animals

d)

Decomposers

e)

Plants

29.

True or false? Scientists have reason to think that NOT ALL of the dinosaurs died in the Cretaceous extinction.

a)

True

b)

False