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Natural Resources and Food Web

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

If the yellow perch population were to increase what would happen to the algae?

a)

The algae population would increase

b)

The algae population would decrease

c)

The algae would be unaffected

d)

It would cause a forest fire

2.

Which of these organisms is a producer?

a)

Cotton bush

b)

red-legged grasshopper

c)

eastern bluebird

d)

black rat snake

3.

Which of these organisms is a tertiary consumer?

a)

The Orca

b)

The sea otter

c)

The sea urchin

d)

The Kelp

4.

What effect does bird extinction have on an ecosystem?

a)

deer and other primary consumers lose food sources.

b)

producers decrease because of lost food sources

c)

humans populations increase without bird populations.

d)

Insect populations increase without birds eating them

5.

How can humans alter an environment to lower animal survival?

a)

Build a dam

b)

Plant trees

c)

Introduce new fish into a pond

d)

Both Build a dam & Introduce new fish into a pond

6.

How would loss of rabbit population effect mice?

a)

The mice won’t be affected.

b)

The mice will increase because the lose of a predator

c)

The mice will decrease from being eaten more

d)

The mice will cry because they loss a close friend

7.

Where are you most likely to find Metal ore?

a)

In loose sediment

b)

In a fault

c)

In an active volcano

d)

On top of a mountain

8.

What types of gems are there? (select all that apply)

a)

Igneous Gems

b)

Sedimentary Gems

c)

Metamorphic Gems

d)

Metal Gems

9.

Where would you find sedimentary gem stones?

a)

In intrusive rock

b)

In fault lines

c)

In sedimentary rock layers

d)

On mountain tops

10.

The resources that we use can be created through 2 ways, because of change of environment over time and because of geological changes. What resource occurs because of both effects?

a)

Metals

b)

Fossil fuels

c)

evaporites

d)

gem stones

e)

renewable fuels

11.

A predator is an animal that kills and eats another animal, which of these could be a predator? (select all that apply)

a)

Secondary Consumer

b)

Tertiary Consumer

c)

Primary Consumer

d)

Decomposer

12.

What is a carbon sink?

a)

It's a location where a lot of carbon accumulates

b)

The ocean because it has water

c)

An area in the ground where carbon sinks into the Earth

d)

Fossil Fuels are carbon sinks