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Ecosystems Review

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Energy that moves through a food chain starts with--

a)

the sun.

b)

Consumer

c)

Food Chain

d)

Energy

2.

Plants, insects, frogs, and snakes live in an ecosystem. What would happen if the snakes were removed from the ecosystem?

a)

Insect population would increase.

b)

Frog population would decrease.

c)

Plant population would decrease.

d)

Frog population would increase.

3.

The path of food energy from one organism to another.

a)

Producer

b)

the sun

c)

Food Chain

d)

Consumer

4.

A food chain always begins with--

a)

A Consumer

b)

The Sun

c)

A Decomposer

d)

A Producer

5.

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.

6.

What type of organisms make their own food for energy?

a)

Consumers

b)

Decomposers

c)

Producers

d)

Predators

7.

Producer

a)

An organism that makes its own food for energy.

b)

The path of food energy from one organism to another.

c)

Energy that moved through a food chain starts with--

d)

Need to do work or cause a change.

8.

Energy

a)

Need to do work or cause a change.

b)

The path of food energy from one organism to another.

c)

An organism that gets energy from eating another organism.

d)

An organism that makes its own food for energy.

9.

What does the arrow represent in a food chain?

a)

How far organisms live from each other.

b)

The transfer of energy from one organism to another.

c)

The size of the organisms from smallest to largest.

d)

The amount of energy the organism receives from the sun.

10.

Consumer

a)

An organism that makes its own food for energy.

b)

Energy that moves through a food chain starts with--

c)

An organism that gets energy from eating another organism.

d)

The path of food energy from one organism to another.

11.

Which of the following is represented in the diagram?

a)

Evaporation of water

b)

Transfer of energy

c)

Reflection of light

d)

Animal life cycle

12.

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.

13.

A new fish that also eats plants is introduced into a pond. What changes would occur to this pond ecosystem?

a)

The large fish population will decrease.

b)

The plant population will decrease.

c)

The small fish population will increase.

d)

The new fish population will decrease.

14.

Which of the following correctly shows how energy moves through a food chain?

a)
b)
c)
d)
15.

Based on the food chain, what effect would be the most likely direct result of increasing the number of fish?

a)

Beetles would have trouble finding food.

b)

There would be more kinds of plants.

c)

The population of beetles decreased.

d)

Plants would no longer survive in this habitat.

16.

The original source of energy for a food web is...

a)

plants

b)

sun

c)

producers

d)

decomposers

17.

Decomposers get energy from...

a)

the sun

b)

eating plants

c)

eating animals

d)

dead things and waste

18.

Producers are ...

a)

plants

b)

able to do photosynthesis

c)

also called autotrophs

d)

all of these are true

19.

Arrows in a food web represent...

a)

eating

b)

sunlight

c)

energy

d)

matter

20.

Photosynthesis is important because...

a)

it makes carbon dioxide

b)

it makes food for the food webs

c)

it makes water

d)

it's not important

21.

Who is the producer?

a)

lettuce

b)

greenfly

c)

ladybird

d)

thrush

22.

What is a producer?

a)

an organism that gets energy from eating other organisms

b)

an organisms that uses sunlight to make its own food

c)

an organism that gets energy from eating dead organisms, non-living material or waste

23.

An animal that hunts other animals for food is a ___________

a)

herbivore

b)

predator

c)

prey

d)

omnivore

24.

What is a herbivore?

a)

an animal that gets energy from eating other animals

b)

an organism that gets energy from eating only plants

c)

an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and other animals

25.

An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms is a ______________

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

26.

A connection of food chains with many food energy paths in an ecosystem is a ____________

a)

ecosystem

b)

food web

c)

environment

27.

An animal that is hunted and eaten for food is a

a)

predator

b)

prey

28.

What is a carnivore?

a)

an animal that gets energy by eating other animals

b)

An animal that gets energy by eating only plants

c)

an animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals

29.

An animal that gets energy from eating both plants and animals is a(n)

a)

herbivore

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

30.

Which of the following is NOT a consumer

a)

grass

b)

dog

c)

shark

d)

fish

31.

Which of the following is a living part of the ecosystem?

a)

Air

b)

Sunlight

c)

Mushroom

d)

Soil

32.

What would happen to the bird if the green fish died out?

a)

the bird population would grow

b)

the bird population would die out

c)

the smaller fish will die out

33.

What is the bottom layer of the an energy pyramid?

a)

producer

b)

tertiary consumer

c)

Secondary consumer

d)

primary consumer

34.

the top layer of an energy pyramid a primary consumer?

a)

true

b)

false

35.

What does an energy pyramid show?

a)

Energy flow in a community

b)

Longest lifespans

c)

The stronger animal the higher it is on the pyramid

36.

All tertiary consumers are scavengers

a)

true

b)

false

37.

What would happen if their were no producers?

a)

Every population would grow larger

b)

Everything would die out

c)

The animals would make their own food

38.

What would happen if the primary consumers died out?

a)

the producers would grow and the secondary and tertiary consumers would die

b)

producers would die out

c)

consumers would grow

39.

Is a scavenger a primary consumer?

a)

Yes

b)

No

40.

decomposers are producers.

a)

true

b)

false

41.

A cheetah can be a primary, secondary, tertiary consumers.

a)

yes

b)

No

42.

What is an omnivore?

a)

The type of consumer that eats plants.

b)

The type of consumer that eats plants and animals.

c)

The type of consumer that eats only animals.

43.

What type of organisms are called autotrophs?

a)

Omnivores.

b)

Consumers.

c)

Decomposers.

d)

Producers.

44.

What are heterotrophs?

a)

Consumers that eat others.

b)

Consumers that eat plants.

c)

Consumers that create what they eat.

45.

A pile of compost would be an example of this.

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Herbivores

d)

Decomposers

46.

What is competition?

a)

Organisms sharing resources.

b)

Organisms fighting for resources.

c)

Organisms producing resources.

47.

How does Symbiosis occur?

a)

Only between species.

b)

Only between communities.

c)

Between different species in a community.

d)

Between different communities.

48.

Remora fish stuck in the shark so they can travel over water. This represents:

a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

49.
a)

Mutualism

b)

Commensalism

c)

Parasitism

50.

Why does the image represent parasitism?

a)

Because the lice get benefit.

b)

Because both get affected.

c)

Because the kids get affected.

d)

Because both get benefit.