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FOOD CHAINS AND FOOD WEBS

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 6hrs 30mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Where does the energy start in this food chain?
a)
Plant
b)
Sun
c)
Deer
d)
Wolf
2.

Which of these completes the food chain correctly?

a)

a rock

b)

a fox

c)

a plant

d)

an egg

3.

Which of these is a possible food chain for this environment?

a)

Sun → grass → fly → frog

b)

frog → fly → grass → Sun

c)

Sun ← grass ← fly ← frog

d)

Sun → fly → frog → snake

4.
_______are animals that eat only plants.
a)
herbivore
b)
carnivore
c)
omnivore
d)

heterotroph

5.

What is the effect of removing prey from a food chain?

a)

All predators above them will die or suffer.

b)

The prey's predator will die or suffer, but everybody else should be fine.

c)

The prey will always, eventually, come back

d)

The predators population will grow

6.

If the mouse population becomes sick and decreases, which statement about the food web will be true?

a)

The grass population will decrease.

b)

The hawk population will increase.

c)

The grass population will increase.

d)

The wildflower population will decrease.

7.
Recently, a family of bobcats moved into an area with a large rabbit population. What changes may occur in the ecosystem?
a)
The rabbit population may increase
b)
The rabbit population may decrease
c)
The rabbit population may increase first, then decrease
d)
The rabbit population will remain the same
8.
What's the role of consumers in a food chain?
a)
Use sunlight to make food 
b)
Eat other species and keep them from overpopulating
c)
Break down dead stuff
d)
Add nutrients to the soil
9.
A third-level consumer has to be which type?
a)
Carnivore.
b)
Decomposer.
c)
Producer.
d)
Herbivore.
10.
Which of the following is a herbivore?
a)
cricket
b)
frog
c)
hawk
d)
shrew
11.
How much energy is passed from one trophic level to the next?
a)
1%
b)
10%
c)
50%
d)
100%
12.
An organism that eats the secondary consumer.
a)
Primary Consumer
b)
Secondary Consumer
c)

202^0   carnivore

d)
Consumer
e)

none of these

13.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
d)
How carnivores get their food. 
14.

How might a lack of sunlight disrupt the food web?

a)

It would cause consumers to consume less

b)

It would prevent decomposers from decomposing matter

c)

It would prevent producers from making their own food.

d)

It would not disrupt the food web at all

15.
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.
16.
How many "Carnivores" are in this "Food Web"?
a)
One (1) - Green Plant
b)
Three (3) - Mouse / Rabbit / Goat
c)
Six (6) - Lion / Jackal / Wild Cat / Kite / Owl / Snake
d)
Zero (0) - None of these Consumers eat both Producers & Consumers
17.

(a)   are autotrophs that use energy from chemicals to build organic compounds out of carbon dioxide or similar molecules.

18.

In the pyramid B corresponds to which level:

a)

Primary producer

b)

Primary consumer

c)

Secondary consumer

d)

Tertiary consumer

19.

What is bioaccumulation?

a)

A habitat in which some animals live in.

b)

Lots of food webs joined together from a specific ecosystem.

c)

When toxins accumulate in living organisms' bodies.

d)

none of these

20.

How are detritivores and decomposers different?

a)

decomposers break down dead, organic materials while detritivores eat dead organisms and wastes

b)

detritivores break down dead, organic materials while decomposers eat dead organisms and wastes

c)

There isn't a difference between detritivores and decomposers

d)

decomposers come before detritivores

21.

Based on the diagram who would be a primary consumer?

a)

Rabbit

b)

Owl

c)

Fox

d)

Grass

22.

what is a Food web?

a)

A network of food chains interconnected at various trophic levels

b)

Shows the loss of energy in each trophic level

c)

A " sequence of organisms, each of which uses the next lower member of the sequence as a food source."

d)

Each step in food chain