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Homework: Food Webs

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do the arrows show in a food chain?

a)

They point to the smallest animals

b)

They point to the animal that tastes the best

c)

They point to just the producers

d)

They point in the direction that energy is flowing

2.

Put this food chain in the correct order

a)

Grass

b)

Rabbit

c)

Snake

d)

Hawk

1)
2)
3)
4)
3.

What organism is missing from this food chain?

Shrub -> (a)   -> Insect Eating Bird -> Hawk

4.

Put this food chain in the correct order

a)

Grass

b)

Grasshopper

c)

Shrew

d)

Snake

e)

Mountain Lion

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
5.
Question Image

Match each organism with the correct trophic level

a)

Producer

1.

Grass

b)

Primary Consumer

2.

Squirrel

c)

Secondary Consumer

3.

Insect Eating Bird

d)

Apex Predator

4.

Mountain Lion

e)

Decomposer

5.

Bacteria

6.

A living thing that makes its own food.

a)

carnivore

b)

producer

c)

decomposer

d)

omnivore

7.

An animal that is hunted for food.

a)

prey

b)

decomposer

c)

predator

d)

apex predator

8.

A living thing that breaks down dead organisms for food.

a)

food chain

b)

decomposer

c)

producer

d)

autotroph

9.

The process that plants use to make food.

a)

energy pyramid

b)

food chain

c)

photosynthesis

d)

cellular respiration

10.

An animal that hunts other animals for food.

a)

predators

b)

food chain

c)

photosynthesis

d)

omnivore

11.

The single path of energy from one organism to another

a)

organism

b)

energy

c)

food chain

d)

food web

12.

The sun is the source of energy that all living things need to survive.

a)

true

b)

false

13.

Reorder the following parts of a food chain.

a)
b)
c)
d)
e)
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
14.
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

15.
a deer population has significantly increased, the best hypothesis is 
a)
the deer's main predator has been eliminated
b)
competition increased
c)
decreased water levels of local ponds
d)
organisms that rely on similar food sources migrated to the area
16.
Which event is the best example of competition between species in a pond?
a)
dragonflies landing on lily pads
b)
lizards and snakes lying in the sun
c)
hawks eating mice
d)
frogs and toads eating flies
17.

Birds eat insects off the skin of cows. If the relationship is a type of mutualism, then the organisms that will benefit are

a)

only the cattle

b)

neither the birds or the cattle

c)

both the birds and the cattle

d)

only the birds

18.
an organism that can produce its own food through photosynthesis
a)
consumer
b)
heterotroph
c)
autotroph
d)
herbivore
19.
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)
Foxes would dies due to no food source. 
20.

Label the following items.