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Ecosystems

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A diagram that shows what an organism eats.

a)

Food web

b)

Food menu

c)

Food chain

d)

Food diagram

2.

An organism that is always at the beginning of a food chain.

a)

Grass

b)

Producer

c)

Predator

d)

COnsumer

3.

All energy on Earth comes from the (a)  

4.

An oat tree is an example of a

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Prey

d)

Predator

5.

The name given to an organism that feeds on other organisms. They do not make their own food.

a)

Animal

b)

Predator

c)

Consumer

d)

Decomposer

6.

Consumer can be classified as

a)

Herbivore

b)

Carnivore

c)

Predator

d)

Omnivore

7.

A giraffe is eaten by a lion.

a)

Giraffe = producer. Lion = prey

b)

Giraffe = predator. Lion = prey

c)

Giraffe = herbivore. Lion = producer

d)

Giraffe = prey. Lion = predator

8.

Food chains are restricted to only 3 or 4 links as (a)   is reduced each time.

9.

The amount of energy passed on through a food chain.

a)

1%

b)

10%

c)

100%

d)

0.1%

10.

Name a predator from this diagram.

a)

Snake

b)

Rabbit

c)

Fox

d)

Owl

11.

The number of organisms of the same species living in the same area.

a)

Pollution

b)

Community

c)

Population

d)

Group

12.

When levels of chemicals build up in organisms.

(a)  

13.

Interdependence is

a)

how animals depend on each other to survive, grow and reproduce.

b)

the way organisms depend on each other for food.

c)

how organisms depend on each other to survive, grow and reproduce.

d)

how animals and plants fight for resources.

14.

A (a)   is where an organism lives.

15.

A (a)   is all the organisms living in the same ecosystem.

16.

All organisms have different functions in their ecosystems. This is known as the organisms ______.

a)

Role

b)

Tropic level

c)

Niche

d)

Function

17.

When organisms compete for resources in limited supply.

(a)  

18.

Animals compete for...

a)

Light

b)

Territory

c)

Food

d)

Mates

19.

Plants compete for light, space and water.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Which conclusion best describes the graph?

a)

The hare population is always greater than the fox.

b)

The population of fox and hare stayed constant from 1925 - 2005.

c)

The population of hare and fox are increasing and decreasing at the same time.

d)

The population of hare and fox increase and decrease depending on the number of prey and predators.