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Flow of Energy in Ecosystems

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A consumer that eats only producers.

a)

Primary Consumer

b)

Secondary Consumer

c)

Carnivore

d)

Omnivore

2.

An organism that makes its own food.

a)

Autotroph

b)

Heterotroph

c)

Herbovore

d)

Carnivore

3.

This shows the total energy available at each trophic level of an ecosystem.

a)

Energy Pyramid

b)

Food Chain

c)

Food Web

4.

This organism is always first on a food web.

a)

Plants

b)

The Sun

c)

Apex Predator

d)

Primary Consumer

5.

The energy organisms need to live and grow first enters the ecosystem when-

a)

decomposers break down dead organism

b)

plants take in light energy from the sun

c)

primary consumers eat plants for food

d)

secondary consumers eat primary consumers

6.

The complete removal of decomposers from an ecosystem will have the greatest effect on which of the following?

a)

migration

b)

the availability of water

c)

the recycling of nutrients

d)

the distribution of organisms

7.

What level consumer is the frog

a)

Primary Consumer

b)

Secondary Consumer

c)

Tertiary Consumer

d)

Apex Predator

8.

What level consumer is the snake?

a)

Primary Consumer

b)

Secondary Consumer

c)

Tertiary

d)

Apex Predator

9.

Consumers that eat only plants.

a)

Producers

b)

Herbivores

c)

Carnivores

d)

Omnivores

10.

Consumers that only eat other animals (meat).

a)

Producers

b)

Herbivores

c)

Carnivores

d)

Omnivores

11.

A consumer that eats both animals and producers.

a)

Carnnivores

b)

Omnivores

c)

Herbivores

12.

The path of energy transfer from one organism to another in an ecosystem.

a)

Food Chain

b)

Food Web

c)

Energy Pyramid

13.

Overlapping food chains with different pathways for the flow of food energy in an ecosystem

a)

Food Chain

b)

Food Web

c)

Food Pyramid

d)

Energy Pyramid

14.

In an ecosystem, snakes feed on frogs, which feed on mosquitoes. Use of a bug spray has decreased the number of mosquitoes. What will probably happen to the number of frogs and snakes?

a)

Frogs will increase, snakes will increase

b)

Frogs will increase, snakes will decrease

c)

Frogs will decrease, snakes will increase

d)

Frogs will decrease, snakes will decrease

15.

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

16.

If the snake population decreased, which group would increase in number?

a)

Producers

b)

Primary consumers

c)

Secondary consumers

d)

Tertiary consumers

e)

Decomposers

17.

This is an example of a(n)

a)

omnivore

b)

carnivore

c)

herbivore

d)

decomposer

18.

A raccoon eats plants and animals. It is an example of a(n)

a)

omnivore

b)

carnivore

c)

herbivore

d)

decomposer

19.

What do producers need, other than sun, for photosynthesis?

a)

Water and CO2

b)

Glucose and O2

c)

Love and happiness

d)

Carbohydrates and water