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Food Chain/Web & Life Cycles

Total questions: 54

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

plants

b)

sun

c)

producers

d)

decomposers

2.

Decomposers get energy from...

a)

the sun

b)

eating plants

c)

eating animals

d)

dead things and waste

3.

Arrows in a food web represent...

a)

eating

b)

sunlight

c)

energy

d)

matter

4.

Who is the producer?

a)

lettuce

b)

greenfly

c)

ladybird

d)

thrush

5.

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

6.

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

7.

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

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

8.

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

9.

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

a)

herbivore

b)

carnivore

c)

omnivore

10.

Which of the following is NOT a consumer

a)

grass

b)

dog

c)

shark

d)

fish

11.

Why are decomposers important?

a)

they break down dead animals and replace nutrients in the soil.

b)

they provide energy to consumers

c)

they make their own food

d)

they collect sunlight

12.

In the a food chain, there is the sun and then the producer. What comes after the producer?

a)

the primary consumer

b)

the secondary consumer

c)

a secondary producer

d)

a tertiary consumer

13.

Which of the following is NOT a producer?

a)

algae

b)

trees

c)

mold

d)

plant

14.

Which of the following is a correct food chain?

a)

grass - fox - rabbit

b)

owl - mouse - seed

c)

leaf - deer - wolf

d)

leaf - snake - worm

15.

A prey is an animal that...

a)

is killed and eaten by other animals

b)

kills other animals

c)

only eats plants

d)

is not in a food chain

16.

An animal that hunts other animals for food is a ___________

a)

herbivore

b)

predator

c)

prey

d)

omnivore

17.
What is a producer? 
a)
Organism that creates their own food.
b)
Organism that eat other organisms for energy
c)
Organism that eat other dead organisms
18.
What is a consumer? 
a)
Organism that creates their own food.
b)
Organism that eat other organisms for energy
19.
Who is the producer in this food chain? 
a)

sun

b)

tree

c)

caterpillar

d)

hawk

20.

What is a Carnivore?

a)

Animal that eats only plants

b)

Animal that eats only meat

c)

Animal that eats both plants and meat

21.

Which organism is a consumer of the mouse?

a)

cricket

b)

grass

c)

fox

d)

Sun

22.

This picture shows which stage of the butterfly?

a)

pupa

b)

egg

c)

larva

d)

adult

23.
The second stage of an insect is a worm-like stage called ________.
a)
tadpole
b)
larva
c)
offspring
24.

How are frogs and butterflies alike?

a)

They both like flowers

b)

They both eat fish

c)

They both start out as an egg

d)

They both like to swim

25.

What is a life cycle?

a)

a stage in an insect life cycle between egg and adult.

b)

something the washing machine does

c)

how a living thing starts life, grows, lives, and dies

d)

the stage in the insect life cycle between larva and adult.

26.

What does MOLT mean?

a)

to lay an egg

b)

growth stage

c)

resting stage

d)

shed it's outer layer

27.

After a frog hatches from an egg it looks just like an adult frog.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

28.

People go through metamorphosis.

a)

True

b)

False

29.

Metamorphosis is...

a)

A total change or transformation.

b)

Giving birth.

c)

Hatching from an egg.

d)

Blending into one's environment

30.

_________ is a major change in the body form of an animal during its life cycle.

a)

Larva

b)

Pupa

c)

Metamorphosis

31.

This picture shows an insect that goes through ________ metamorphosis.

a)

complete

b)

incomplete

32.

Grasshoppers go through incomplete metamorphosis. This means they go through _________ of development between the egg and the adult.

a)

two stages

b)

one stage

33.

Butterflies go through ________ of development between the egg and the adult.

a)

two stages

b)

one stage

34.
a)

Complete metamorphosis

b)

Incomplete metamorphosis

c)

Not metamorphosis

35.
a)

Complete metamorphosis

b)

Incomplete metamorphosis

c)

Not metamorphosis

36.
a)

Complete metamorphosis

b)

Incomplete metamorphosis

c)

Not metamorphosis

37.

the stage in which the young animal looks just like the adult.

a)

Nymph

b)

Metamorphosis

c)

Larva

d)

Heredity

e)

Pupa

38.

How many stages are in a complete metamorphosis lifecycle.

a)

3

b)

4

c)

1

d)

2

39.

What are the stages of a butterfly's life cycle?

a)

Pupa

b)

Nymph

c)

Larva

d)

Egg

40.

Select the animals that undergo a incomplete metamorphosis

a)

Beatle

b)

Cow

c)

Butterfly

d)

Dolphin

41.

How do you know an insect has entered it's adult stage of metamorphosis?

a)

It has legs

b)

It has attennas

c)

It has wings

d)

It has hands

42.

Which stage does this represent?

a)

egg

b)

larva

c)

nymph

d)

pupa

43.

Which stage does this represent?

a)

egg

b)

larva

c)

nymph

d)

pupa

44.

Which stage does this represent?

a)

egg

b)

larva

c)

nymph

d)

pupa

45.

Which type of metamorphosis is represented?

a)

complete metamorphosis

b)

incomplete metamorphosis

46.

How many stages are found in incomplete metamorphosis?

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

47.

Which correctly lists the stages of complete metamorphosis in order?

a)

egg, larva, pupa, adult

b)

egg, pupa, larva, adult

c)

pupa, adult, egg, larva

d)

larva, egg, adult, pupa

48.

Which correctly lists the stages of incomplete metamorphosis in order?

a)

egg, nymph, adult

b)

egg, adult, nymph

c)

nymph, adult, egg

d)

adult, nymph, egg

49.

Which stage is not a part of complete metamorphosis?

a)

egg

b)

larva

c)

nymph

d)

pupa

50.

Which stage is not a part of incomplete metamorphosis?

a)

adult

b)

egg

c)

larva

d)

nymph

51.
Which 2 stages are in both complete and incomplete metamorphosis?
a)
Egg, larva
b)
Larva, adult
c)
Adult, nymph
d)
Egg, adult
52.

Which stage of metamorphosis seems to be at rest?

a)

adult

b)

pupa

c)

larva

d)

nymph

53.
The diagram below shows the growth of a tree. The diagram represents a 
a)
food chain
b)
food supply
c)
life span
d)
life cycle
54.
The diagrams show the life cycle of a frog and of a ladybug.
What do frog and ladybug life cycles have in common? Both frogs and ladybugs spend time as -
a)
tadpole
b)
pupa
c)
larva
d)
eggs