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Ecosystems: Food Chain, Food Web, Predator and Prey

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is not a consumer?

a)

Carnivore

b)

Herbivore

c)

Omnivore

d)

Producer

2.

True or False

A decomposer is a living thing that feeds on wastes and on remains of dead plants and animals

a)

True

b)

False

3.

Which best describes animals that eat producers?

a)

first-level consumers or primary consumers

b)

second-level consumers or secondary consumers

c)

third-level consumers or tertiary consumers

d)

top level consumers

4.

True or False

A predator is an animal that hunts for food.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

Rabbits eat grass and other plants to survive, but they do not eat animals. What kind of animal are rabbits?

a)

Decomposers

b)

Carnivores

c)

Producers

d)

Herbivores

6.

Which food chain correctly describes the flow of energy in an ecosystem?

a)

Grass > cow > human

b)

Caterpillar --> leaf --> human

c)

Cow --> grass--> human

d)

Leaf --> bird --> caterpillar

7.

How do decomposers help other organisms in an ecosystem?

a)

Decomposers do not help other organisms in an ecosystem.

b)

They break down dead organisms and add nutrients back to the soil that plants use.

c)

They use the sunlight to make their own food that other organisms eat for energy.

d)

They help disperse seeds for plant growth.

8.

In what order do a hawk, grass, and rabbit form a food chain in a meadow?

a)

Grass-->rabbit-->hawk

b)

Rabbit --> grass --> hawk

c)

Grass --> hawk --> rabbit

d)

Hawk --> grass --> rabbit

9.

A habitat is a place where __________.  

a)

None of the above

b)

All the populations of different organisms

c)

An organism lives

d)

All the conditions that surround an organism.

10.

Which of these is the example of a decomposer? 

a)

Snake

b)

Fish

c)

Bacteria

d)

Plants

11.

 

Which of these organisms comprise the first level in a food chain? 

a)

Decomposers

b)

Producers

c)

Prey

d)

Consumers