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Producers, Consumers & Food Webs

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Energy that moves through the organisms in a food web originally comes from the _________.

a)

Moon

b)

Sun

c)

Water

d)

Soil

2.

Which of the following is an example of a producer?

a)

Rabbit

b)

Insect

c)

Grass

d)

Bird

3.

Interconnected food chains that show the flow of energy in an ecosystem

a)

Photosynthesis

b)

Food web

c)

Consumer

d)

Carnivore

4.

_____ eat only plants

a)

carnivores

b)

decomposers

c)

producers

d)

herbivores

5.

________eat both plants and animals

a)

consumers

b)

omnivores

c)

producers

d)

decomposers

6.

_______make their own food.

a)

carnivores

b)

decomposers

c)

producers

d)

consumers

7.

_____eat meat

a)

herbivores

b)

omnivores

c)

carnivores

d)

decomposers

8.

What is the process where plants use sunlight, water,

and carbon dioxide to produce their own food called?

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

d)

photosynthesis

9.

What is all living and nonliving things and

their interactions in an area called?

a)

food web

b)

food chain

c)

ecosystem

d)

photosynthesis

10.

How do plants use sunlight?

a)

to make their own food

b)

to make their own water

c)

to make carbon dioxide

d)

to make oxygen

11.

Which gas from the atmosphere do

plants need to make their own food?

a)

carbon oxygen

b)

hydrogen

c)

oxygen

d)

carbon dioxide

12.

What are some examples of producers?

a)

flowers, trees, bees, bushes

b)

flowers, trees, plants, bushes

c)

flowers, bushes, rabbits, bees

d)

flowers, trees, bushes, bees

13.

Where do animals get the energy they need to survive?

a)

from the sun

b)

from the water they drink

c)

from the food they eat

14.

An ecosystem is -

a)

The living and nonliving things in their natural environment

b)

How plants grow using sunlight, water, and air

c)

An animal that gets energy by eating both plants and animals

d)

Organism that uses sunlight to make its own food for energy

15.

What would happen in this ecosystem if the grasshopper was removed?

a)

Caterpillars would increase

b)

Snakes would decrease

c)

Frogs would decrease

d)

Grass would increase

16.

There was a fire in a grassland. How would this affect the deer population?

a)

Deer would decrease since other animals would decrease

b)

Deer would increase since they eat grass

c)

Deer would increase since other animals would decrease

d)

Deer would decrease since they eat grass

17.

What is true of all consumers?

a)

They get their energy from the sun

b)

They get their energy from eating

c)

They get their energy from the soil

d)

They only eat producers

18.

What would happen if there were a fire in this food web that killed all the producers?

a)

More snakes would get eaten by birds

b)

More grasshoppers would come

c)

Fruit flies would eat more mangoes

d)

All the consumers would either die of starvation or move to a new place

19.

What would most likely happen if there were a drought?

a)

The producers would die

b)

The consumers would die or move to a new place

c)

There would be less plants and animals overall

d)

All of these answer choices are correct

20.

This plant is dying. Select the most likely explanation for why it is dying.

a)

It is watered once a day

b)

It is kept in a dark room where it receives no sunlight

c)

It was given a small amount of fertilizer to help it grow

d)

All of these things should help the plant stay alive

21.

Why is the sun always the beginning of each food web?

a)

It provides energy to every organism in the food web

b)

It lights up everything in the food web

c)

It only gives energy to the producers and nothing else

d)

It is not actually important for most food webs

22.
A red wolf is a __________ and a ________.
a)
producer and hunter
b)
consumer and carnivore
c)
decomposer and carnivore
d)
decomposer and omnivore
23.
What are animals called in a food chain?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Plants
24.
What are the organisms that break down dead stuff?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Organisms
25.
Which organism is a decomposer?
a)
grass
b)
mouse
c)
mushroom
d)
caterpillar
26.
Humans are considered...
a)
consumers
b)
decomposers
c)
producers
27.
Frogs are considered...
a)
consumers
b)
decomposers
c)
producers
28.

All living things need _______ to stay alive.

a)

producers

b)

consumers

c)

energy

d)

prey

29.

Energy flows from the ______ to _______.

a)

Sun to consumers

b)

Predator to the prey

c)

Sun to producers

d)

Predator to the Sun

30.

If the number of frogs decreases, what would happen to the crickets that the frogs would eat?

a)

The number of crickets would decrease

b)

The number of crickets would increase

c)

The number of crickets would remain the same

d)

The crickets would move away.

31.

Arrows in a food web represent...

a)

eating

b)

sunlight

c)

energy

d)

matter

32.

All of these are types of consumers except...

a)

omnivores

b)

carnivores

c)

plants

d)

herbivores

33.

Who is the herbivore?

a)

lettuce

b)

greenfly

c)

ladybird

d)

thrush

34.
a)

This is a food chain

b)

This is a food web

c)

This is an energy pyramid