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Food Web Assessment Review

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
All energy transformations in an ecosystem begin with
a)
a scavenger
b)
the sun
c)
a decomposer
d)
a herbivore
2.
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
3.
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
4.

What would happen to the bird if the green fish died out?

a)

the bird population would grow

b)

the bird population would die out

c)

the smaller fish will die out

5.

What is the bottom layer of the an energy pyramid?

a)

producer

b)

tertiary consumer

c)

Secondary consumer

d)

primary consumer

6.

the top layer of an energy pyramid a primary consumer?

a)

true

b)

false

7.

What does an energy pyramid show?

a)

Energy flow in a community

b)

Longest lifespans

c)

The stronger animal the higher it is on the pyramid

8.

What would happen if their were no producers?

a)

Every population would grow larger

b)

Everything would die out

c)

The animals would make their own food

9.

What would happen if the primary consumers died out?

a)

the producers would grow and the secondary and tertiary consumers would die

b)

producers would die out

c)

consumers would grow

10.

decomposers are producers.

a)

true

b)

false

11.
Use the diagram answer the question.
What is a fitting description for this diagram?
a)
A Food Chain
b)
An Ecosystem
c)
A Food Web
d)
Biotic and Abiotic Factors
12.
Use the diagram to answer the question.
The Mayfly is a food source for which 3 organisms?
a)
Frog, Dragon Fly and snake
b)
Frog, trout and dragon fly
c)
Frog, salamander and trout
d)
Frog and phytoplankton
13.
Use the diagram to answer the question.
The trout is a source of food for the human and the eagle. When there are more than one organism vying for the same source we call this____?
a)
Population
b)
Resources
c)
Community
d)
Competition
14.
The deer, grasshopper, and bird are all examples of which type of consumers on this food pyramid?
a)
decomposers
b)
omnivores
c)
carnivore
d)
herbivore
15.
In this Food Web Pyramid what is the proper name for the organisms above the producer level at the bottom.
a)
herbivores
b)
consumers
c)
carnivores 
d)
omnivores
16.
The snake and the frog, are all examples of which type of consumers on this food pyramid?
a)
decomposers
b)
omnivores
c)
carnivore
d)
herbivore
17.
About how much percent of energy is passed on from one organism to to the next on a food web pyramid. 
a)
100 percent of all energy gets passed
b)
45 percent of all energy gets passed
c)
10 percent of all energy gets passed
d)
0 percent of all energy gets passed
18.

Biotic factors are

a)

Living

b)

nonliving

19.

Abiotic factors

a)

living

b)

nonliving

20.

Water would be an example of:

a)

Biotic

b)

abiotic

21.

A biotic factor that limits the size of a population would be:

a)

food

b)

space

c)

water

22.

An abiotic factor that limits a population size would be?

a)

Food

b)

predators

c)

space

d)

disease

23.
All of the different populations that live in a specific area.
a)
ecosystem
b)
habitat
c)
ecology
d)
community
24.
The place where an organism lives that provides it with shelter, food and water.
a)
ecosystem
b)
population
c)
community
d)
habitat
25.
The study of the interaction of living and nonliving things in the environment.
a)
biology
b)
ecology
c)
zoology
d)
psychology
26.
All the members of one type of species in a specific area.
a)
habitat
b)
community
c)
population
d)
ecosystme
27.
It is a biological community of interacting organisms and their physical environment.
a)
Ecosystem
b)
Biotic System
c)
Abiotic System
d)
None of the choices
28.
When a plant is eaten by a grasshopper, the grasshopper is called
a)
Producer
b)
Primary consumer
c)
Secondary consumer
d)
Tertiary consumer
29.
When a plant is eaten by a caterpillar and the caterpillar is eaten by a frog, the frog belongs to
a)
Producer
b)
Primary consumer
c)
Secondary consumer
d)
Tertiary consumer
30.
When a plant is eaten by a caterpillar and the caterpillar is eaten by a frog, and the frog is eaten by a snake, the snake belongs to
a)
Producer
b)
Primary consumer
c)
Secondary consumer
d)
Tertiary consumer
31.
When the animal dies, what do you call those organisms that break them down?
a)
Producers
b)
Decomposers
c)
Consumers
d)
None of the choices
32.
What does the picture show?
a)
A Food Web
b)
An Ecosystem
c)
A Food Chain
d)
A nice scenery
33.

What type of organism makes its own food?

a)

Autotroph

b)

Heterotroph

34.

Which category of organism cannot make its own food?

a)

Autotroph

b)

Heterotroph

35.

What are humans?

a)

Autotrophs

b)

Heterotrophs

36.

What is a worm?

a)

autotroph

b)

heterotroph

37.

What is asparagus?

a)

autotroph

b)

heterotroph

38.

What is a lily pad?

a)

autotroph

b)

heterotroph

39.

What is a cactus?

a)

autotoph

b)

heterotroph

40.

What is a flamingo?

a)

autotroph

b)

heterotroph

41.

What is a blob fish?

a)

autotoph

b)

heterotroph

42.

All energy on earth comes from

a)

The earth

b)

Biotic components

c)

Abiotic components

d)

The Sun