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Energy in ecosystems

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Energy can not be created or destroyed. It can only be transferred or transformed.

a)

True

b)

False

2.
What is the source of all energy? 
a)
producers
b)
sun
c)
consumers
d)
decomposers
3.

Look at the image

How much energy is transferred by the caterpillar in to its growth?

(a)  

4.
What energy role describes an organism that makes its own food, usually by using energy from the sun?
a)
consumer
b)
producer
c)
carnivore
d)
decomposer
5.
Which of the following is the best example of a decomposer?
a)
vulture
b)
bacteria
c)
algae
d)
rat
6.
What energy role describes an organism that cannot make its own food and therefore gets energy by eating other organisms?
a)
consumer
b)
producer
c)
autotroph
d)
sunlight
7.
what type of organism is represented in this photo?
a)
carnivore
b)
omnivore
c)
herbivore
8.

Which of these shows a possible food chain for an ecosystem?

a)

shark--> fish --> plankton -->sun

b)

sun --> plankton --> fish --> shark

c)

plankton --> sun --> fish --> shark

d)

plankton --> fish --> shark --> sun

9.

What is the role of the rabbit in this food chain?

sun --> plant --> rabbit --> snake

a)

to give energy to the snake

b)

to give energy to the plant

c)

to get energy directly from the sun

d)

to make its own food

10.

When creating a food web, students include arrows. What do the arrows in a food web represent?

a)

Arrows show the transfer of energy between organisms.

b)

Arrows show symbiotic relationships between species.

c)

Arrows show the life cycle between species.

d)

Arrows show which animals have adaptations in an ecosystem.

11.

What organism would have the greatest impact if it was removed from this food web?

a)

goat

b)

wolf

c)

grass

d)

cow

12.
A diagram of a food web is shown below.Which organism receives the least amount of energy from the producers?
a)
Hawk
b)
Rabbit
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Mouse
13.

In the food web above, what organism is missing from this food chain:

Grass --> Slug --> ________ --> Hawk

a)

Vole

b)

Frog

c)

Insect

d)

Thrush

14.
Which organism gets its energy by eating sea otters?
a)
Sea urchins
b)
Sea Stars
c)
Sharks
d)
Large crabs
15.
Which of the following diagrams would show how much energy is transferred between feeding levels in an ecosystem?
a)
Food web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Energy Web
d)
Energy Pyramid
16.
Which level will contain plants?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
17.

What percentage of energy is lost (transferred by organism) at each Trophic level?

a)

0.1%

b)

1%

c)

10%

d)

100%

18.

If there is 1000 Kcal available in the producers in trophic level 1, how much energy is available in the carnivores in trophic level 3?

a)

10 Kcal

b)

1 Kcal

c)

100 Kcal

d)

1000 Kcal

19.

A food _______ consists of many overlapping food ________.

a)

web, chains

b)

chain, webs

c)

pyramid, webs

d)

web, pyramids

20.

All of the living and nonliving things in an area and the interactions among them is--

a)

an organism

b)

a food web

c)

a food chain

d)

an ecosystem