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Ecosystem Check Up Quiz # 2

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the living and nonliving things that interact in an environment?

a)

Organism

b)

Ecosystem

c)

Habitat

d)

Food Web

2.

If hawks eat mice, the mice eat grasshoppers and the grasshoppers eat grass, what is most likely to happen if there is a shortage of grasshoppers?

a)

The number of mice and hawks will increase.

b)

The amount of grass will decrease.

c)

The amount of mice and hawks will decrease.

d)

The amount of mice will increase, but the amount of hawks will decrease.

3.

What is a living thing that gets energy by eating other animals for food?

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

herbivore

d)

sun

4.

What is a producer?

a)

A consumer that eats only meat

b)

A consumer that eats only plants

c)

A consumer that eats plants and animals

d)

An organism that makes its own food

5.

Which of the following do producers need to make their own food?

a)

sunlight and water

b)

sunlight, water and oxygen

c)

sunlight, water and carbon dioxide

d)

sunlight

6.

What organism in a food chain would have the GREATEST impact on the whole food chain if it were removed?

a)

hawk

b)

snake

c)

grass

d)

mouse

7.

What is an animal that is hunted for food?

a)

predator

b)

consumer

c)

prey

d)

producer

8.

What is a consumer that eats only animals?

a)

herbivore

b)

omnivore

c)

producer

d)

carnivore

9.

Where does producers get their energy?

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

herbivore

d)

sun

10.

What is an overlapping food chain?

a)

ecosystem

b)

organism

c)

food web

d)

carnivore

11.

What is an animal that hunts another animal for food?

a)

prey

b)

producer

c)

photosynthesis

d)

predator

12.

Which shows the steps of the food chain in order?

a)

consumer, producer, decomposer

b)

producer, consumer, decomposer

c)

producer, decomposer, consumer

d)

decomposer, producer, consumer

13.

What is the beginning group of all food chains?

a)

consumers

b)

herbivores

c)

producers

d)

carnivores

14.

Which is a decomposer?

a)

mushroom

b)

hawk

c)

mouse

d)

algae

15.

What is the name of a consumer that eats plants and animals?

a)

omnivore

b)

herbivore

c)

producer

d)

carnivore

16.

Which list shows all herbivores?

a)

zebra, elephant, fox

b)

giraffe, hawk, rabbit

c)

rabbit, giraffe, zebra

d)

wolf, fox, lion

17.

What is a living thing that breaks down dead things for food?

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

carnivore

d)

decomposer

18.

What is a primary consumer?

a)

a plant

b)

an animal that eats only plants

c)

an animal that eats other animals

d)

animals that eat both plants and animals

19.

What part is number 1 in the food chain?

a)

decomposer

b)

primary consumer

c)

producer

d)

secondary consumer

20.

What part is number 3 in the food chain?

a)

producer

b)

secondary consumer

c)

decomposer

d)

primary consumer