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Food Webs

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 41mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which best describes what a food chain shows you?
a)
Energy flow through an ecosystem
b)
Food flowing through an ecosystem
c)
Consumers going into other consumers
d)
Who eats who
2.
Where does the energy start in this food chain?
a)
Plant
b)
Sun
c)
Deer
d)
Wolf
3.
Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?
a)
Plant
b)
Rabbit
c)
Mouse
d)
Hawk
4.

Observe the food chain above. Which organism’s population would increase if finches were removed from the ecosystem?

a)

Grass

b)

Grasshopper

c)

Snake

d)

Hawk

5.

How many predators eat the rabbit for energy in this food web?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

6.

A fire destroyed the habitat of the Houston Toad.

The loss of habitat for the Houston Toad most likely affected 

the food web by -

a)

causing a decrease in the number 

of wildflowers

b)

causing an increase in the number 

of insects

c)

causing a decrease in the number 

of armadillos

d)

causing an increase in the number 

of opossums

7.

Look at the food web of a pond ecosystem.

Which food chain shows the correct flow of energy in the pond 

of the food web?

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

The diagram shows an incomplete food chain. Which of the following would best complete this food chain?

a)

Producer

b)

Consumer

c)

Decomposer

d)

Animal

9.

Which is the correct transfer of energy or Food Chain?

a)

Sun > prairie grass > deer > snake

b)

Sun > plant seeds > robin > eagle

c)

Sun > plant seeds > robin > mountain lion

d)

Sun > plant seeds > field mouse > deer

10.

How would the removal of earthworms from the food chain affect the other organisms?

a)

The number of bass will increase.

b)

The number of crayfish will decrease.

c)

The crayfish will get their energy directly from the sun.

d)

The number of bass and ospreys (bird) will increase.

11.

The picture shows the energy flow through a meadow community. Which of the following would most likely occur to the populations within the community of organisms immediately after a wildfire burns the environment?

a)

Hawks would increase and foxes would increase.

b)

Hawks would decrease and foxes would increase.

c)

Meadow plants would increase and rabbits would decrease.

d)

Meadow plants would decrease and rabbits would decrease.

12.
What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?
a)
The insects in the habitat would increase.
b)
The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.
c)
The willow tree population would decrease.
d)

The population of foxes would decrease due to no food source. 

13.
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
14.

If a disease kills most of the gazelles, what would happen to the zebra population?

a)

The zebra population would decrease because the lions and cheetahs would eat more zebras.

b)

The zebra population would decrease because the gazelles are eating less grass.

c)

The zebra population would increase because the population of lions and cheetahs would increase.

d)

The zebra population would not be affected by a change in the gazelle population

15.
In this food chain, what will happen if the frogs become extinct?
a)
The snakes will increase.
b)
The grasshoppers will decrease.
c)
The eagles will remain the same.
d)
The grasshoppers will increase.
16.

Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?

a)

There would be a decrease in the small bird population.

b)

There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.

c)

There would be a decrease in the mice population.

d)

There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.