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Food Webs

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

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Class
Date
1.

Which of the following processes provides the link between solar energy and multi-cellular life on earth?

a)

Pollination

b)

Germination

c)

Homeostasis

d)

Photosynthesis

2.

What is the correct type of energy transfer that takes place during the process of photosynthesis?

a)

Thermal energy to chemical energy.

b)

Chemical energy to light energy.

c)

Light energy to chemical energy.

d)

Chemical energy to chemical energy.

3.

Which is NOT an element found in the process of photosynthesis?

a)

Hydrogen

b)

Nitrogen

c)

Carbon

d)

Oxygen

4.

_____________________ is a product of photosynthesis.

a)

Carbon dioxide

b)

Sunlight

c)

Glucose

d)

Soil

5.

Which of the following is NOT a requirement for photosynthesis to take place?

a)

Soil

b)

Sunlight

c)

Water

d)

Carbon Dioxide

6.

Photosynthesis requires three key factors. If only two of those three factors are present, what is the most likely thing to occur?

a)

Photosynthesis would likely still occur, it would just use those two factors more.

b)

Photosynthesis would still occur, as long as those factors are water and carbon dioxide.

c)

Photosynthesis would not occur.

d)

Photosynthesis will convert into chemosynthesis.

7.

In an energy pyramid / food chain, a primary consumer would most likely be considered a ____________________.

a)

herbivore

b)

ominovre

c)

carnivore

d)

decomposer

8.

Which choice below shows the correct order of a food chain?

a)

Herbivore --> producer --> omnivore --> decomposer

b)

Producer --> herbivore --> carnivore --> decomposer

c)

Producer --> omnivore --> decomposer --> carnivore

d)

Decomposer --> carnivore --> herbivore --> producer

9.

A population of salamanders lived in a small cave. There were many ferns and mosses that grew at the entrance of the cave. One day, a giant rock fell from the roof of the cave and completely blocked the entrance of the cave. What most likely happened to the salamanders in the cave?

a)

The salamanders survived because they could breathe the carbon dioxide that they produced.

b)

The salamanders survived because they have plenty of oxygen from the other animals in the cave.

c)

The salamanders died because they could not get enough oxygen from the plants.

d)

The salamanders died because they could not get enough carbon dioxide from the plants.

10.

Which of the following is not correct about plant cells found in plant leaves?

a)

They consume other organisms for food.

b)

They make sugar in the form of glucose.

c)

They absorb sunlight for energy.

d)

They take in carbon dioxide.

11.

In an energy pyramid, which organism would have the least amount of energy from the Sun?

a)

A blueberry bush

b)

A rabbit

c)

A grizzly bear

d)

A bald eagle

12.

Based on the food web, the populations of which two organisms would directly impact the population of grasshoppers?

a)

Carrots and owls

b)

Birds and grasses

c)

Mice and grains

d)

Foxes and mice

13.

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

a)

Grasshopper --> sparrow --> hawk

b)

Snake --> toad --> grasshopper

c)

Sparrow --> hawk --> rabbit

d)

Rabbit --> hawk --> grass

14.

Where is 100% of the energy that is formed in a swamp?

a)

In producers, such as algae.

b)

In herbivores, such as deer.

c)

In carnivores, such as an alligator.

d)

In decomposers, such as bacteria.

15.

The starting source of energy for all of the organisms in a food pyramid is —

a)

water

b)

sunlight

c)

oxygen

d)

carbon dioxide

16.

As energy moves up an energy pyramid, it ______________________.

a)

increases

b)

decreases

c)

decreases, then increases

d)

increases, then decreases

17.

Which is the most likely scenario to happen if the top predator in an ecosystem is eliminated from it?

a)

decomposers will adjust to become the top predator

b)

animals that are normally prey would overpopulate and over eat

c)

herbivores would evolve and become carnivores

d)

herbivores would reproduce more and eat less producers.

18.

The Sea Otter is a keystone species in its food web. It feeds on abalone, urchins, and mussels. Those three organisms feed on the kelp in the ecosystem. Why would the food web fall out of balance if the Sea Otters were no longer in the ecosystem?

a)

The kelp would over grow.

b)

There would be no real difference.

c)

The three organisms that eat kelp would over eat it until there is no food left in the ecosystem.

d)

The three organisms that eat kelp would eat less of it and the kelp would take over the ecosystem.

19.

Food Webs and food chains never change. They will always be the same.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Every organisms in an ecosystem plays a role. Keystone species .....

a)

maintain the balance for a healthy ecosystem.

b)

clean up the ecosystem.

c)

are the top predator in an ecosystem.

d)

all go through photosynthesis.