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Food web and Food Chain

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 2hrs 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All food webs and food chains begin with _________________.

a)

primary consumer

b)

producers

c)

secondary consumers

d)

tertiary consumers

2.
How many carnivores are shown in this food web?
a)
6
b)
4
c)
5
d)
3
3.

Which organism is the carnivore?

a)
b)
c)
d)
4.

Which organism is the omnivore?

a)
b)
c)
d)
5.

Based on the image, which organism recieves the least amount of energy from the producer?

a)

Owl

b)

Grasshopper

c)

Lilypad

d)

Mouse

6.
An organism that eats the secondary consumer.
a)
Primary Consumer
b)
Secondary Consumer
c)
Tertiary Consumer
d)
Consumer
7.
Organisms which carry out the process of decomposition by breaking down dead or decaying organisms.
a)
Consumer
b)
Producer
c)
Decomposer
d)
Herbivore
8.
A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________
a)
ecosystem
b)
food web
c)
environment
9.
Who does the grasshopper get energy from? 
a)
Grass
b)
Grasshopper
c)
Mouse
d)
Ow
10.
What is this called?
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Abiotic Factors
11.
Where does the energy start in this food chain?
a)
Plant
b)
Sun
c)
Deer
d)
Wolf
12.

How are primary consumers different from secondary consumers?

a)

Primary consumers eat only plants; secondary consumers eat other consumers.

b)

Primary consumers eat other consumers; secondary consumers eat only plants.

c)

Primary consumers eat plants and other consumers; secondary consumers eat plants and decompose matter.

d)

Primary consumers eat plants and decompose matter; secondary consumers eat plants and other consumers.

13.
What are plants called in a food chain?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Scavengers
14.
What are animals called in a food chain?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Plants
15.
What is the role of a producer?
a)
Use sunlight to make food
b)
Gain energy from eating other organisms
c)
Keep other species from overpopulating
d)
Breaking down dead stuff 
16.
Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?
a)
Plant
b)
Rabbit
c)
Mouse
d)
Hawk
17.
Which food chain is in the correct order?
a)
cat, grass, bird, snail
b)
bird, snail, grass, cat
c)
grass, snail, bird, cat
d)
grass, cat, bird, snail
18.
Molds, bacteria, and worms are ________.
a)
decomposers
b)
producers
c)
consumers
d)
food chains
19.
The primary consumer in this food chain is the ____________.
a)
Frog
b)
Eagle
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Python
20.
Which of the animals in this food web is a secondary consumer?
a)
Hawk
b)
Lizard
c)
Mouse
d)
Snake
21.
Which animal is a tertiary consumer?
a)
Jackal
b)
Wild Cat
c)
Lion
d)
Owl
22.

A decreases in the grass population will most immediately decrease the available energy for the

a)

snake

b)

deer

c)

mouse

d)

frog

23.

Using food web which of the following is a secondary consumer?

a)

snake

b)

worm

c)

butterfy

d)

squirrel

24.

Using food web which of the following is a secondary consumer?

a)

snake

b)

worm

c)

butterfy

d)

squirrel

25.

Using the food web which of the following is a tertiary consumer?

a)

frog

b)

bird

c)

eagle

d)

worm

26.

Using the food web what would happen if the eagle became extinct?

a)

The frog population would decrease.

b)

The frog population would increase.

c)

The butterfly population would increase.

d)

The snake population would decrease.

27.

Which group is not represented in the food web?

a)

producers

b)

primary consumers

c)

secondary consumers

d)

decomposers

28.

The diagram provided shows a simple food web. Which group of organisms is not represented in the diagram?

a)

prey

b)

decomposers

c)

consumers

d)

producers

29.

Look at the diagram of the food web. The arrows means “eaten by.”


What will happen if the number of snakes goes down?

a)

The owl will eat the grass

b)

The number of frogs will go down

c)

The hawk and owl will have less food

d)

The number of mice and grasshoppers will go up.

30.

The transfer of energy from one organism to the next in an ecosystem begins with a producer. A producer is an organism that produces its own food. A consumer is an organism in a food chain that obtains energy from producers or other consumers; consumers may be herbivores or carnivores.


Which food chain correctly describes the flow of energy in an ecosystem?

a)

grass → grasshopper → fish → human

b)

grasshopper → fish → human

c)

human → fish → grasshopper

d)

human → grasshopper → fish → grass

31.
What does a Primary Consumer eat?
a)
Tertiary Consumers
b)
Secondary Consumers
c)
Producers
32.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a ecosystem.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
d)
How carnivores get their food. 
33.
If the grasshopper were to be removed completely from the food web, what organism would be most effected?
a)
The squirrel
b)
The shrew
c)
The deer
d)
The rabbit
34.

The food chain is--

a)

The movement of water from the surface to the atmosphere.

b)

The path of food energy from one organism to another.

c)

The ranking of organisms by size in an ecosystem.

d)

A list of food that consumers will eat in an ecosystem.

35.

What is most likely the first thing to result from having fewer field mice in the food chain pictured here?

a)

The snakes would have to find another food source.

b)

The plants that make seeds would decrease in number.

c)

The eagles would have to fly away to a location.

d)

The mice would eat many more kinds of seeds.

36.

Interactions in an ecosystem result from the transfer of matter and energy from producers to consumers and eventually decomposers. What are the forms of energy transfer from numbers 1 through 4?

a)

Chemical energy to chemical energy

b)

Light energy to chemical energy

c)

Chemical energy to heat energy

d)

Heat energy to mechanical energy

37.
What is this called?
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Abiotic Factors
38.
Which of the following best describes the deer's role in the ecosystem?
a)
herbivore
b)
omnivore
c)
carnivore
d)
decomposer
39.
Why might an organism have more than one arrow coming from them in a food web?
a)
More than one organism may eat them. 
b)
They may eat more than one other organism. 
c)
This organism gets its energy from multiple sources. 
d)
They have no resources available to them.