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WorksheetsFood Webs Grade 5
Total questions: 36
Worksheet time: 2hrs 35mins
What is a consumer?
an organism that eats another organism to get energy
an organism that makes its own food
an organism that eats decomposers
an organism that breaks down dead organisms and returns nutrients back to the soil
What is producer?
an organism that eats another organism for energy
an organism that makes its own food with the sun
an organism that breaks down dead organisms and returns nutrients back to the soil
an organism that eats a decomposer
What is a decomposer
an organism that eat another organism to get energy
an organism that uses the suns energy to make its own food
an organism that eats decomposers
an organism that breaks down organisms and returns nutrients back to the soil
A herbivore...
eats other animals
eats producers
eats consumer number 2
makes its food
A producer uses....?.... to makes its food.
another organism
the sun
plants
the soil
the main source of energy is...
the water cycle
the plants
the sun
the food web
The arrows in a foodweb or foodchain represent?
The transfer of food
the transfer of energy
the transfer of animals
the transfer of plants
Decomposer?
mushroom
grass
wolf
seed
what is missing in this food chain?
producer
decomposer
consumer 1
consumer 2
Which animal is the tertiary consumer?
mouse
eagle
snake
grasshopper
What would happen if you REMOVE the mice in this ecosystem?
grasshoppers would decrease in population
producers would decrease
snake would increase in population
the eagles would die
What animal is getting DIRECT energy from the mouse?
eagle
snake
grasshopper
plant
Which organism is getting INDIRECT energy from the mouse?
eagle
snake
grasshopper
plant
how many organisms are consumers?
1
2
3
4
How many organisms are producers?
1
2
3
4
In a food chain, what do the arrows point to?
The flow of energy
Animals
Flowers
The prey
True or False
All tree's are producers
True
False
Animals that breakdown dead organisms are called?
Producers
Consumers
Decomposers
Animals
At the beginning of a food chain or web producers get their energy from what?
Food
Money
Moon
Sun
This is an example of a?
Food Web
Food in the wild
Food Chain
Grasslands
In this food web the mouse is a ?
Producer
Consumer
Consumer and Carnivore
Producer and Consumer
A_____ links together many food chains
Chains
Food Web
Producers, consumers, decomposers
Population
Flowers are a _____
Pretty
Carnivore's
Producers
Consumers
A missing link in the food chain would cause that organism who eats that population to?
Increase
Decrease
Maintain
True or False
In the food web only one animals is getting energy?
True
False
An organism that uses sunlight to create its own food is known as a: (a)
The diagram shows a food web. What is the original source for all the energy in this food web?
Algae
Sun
Minnows
Insect Larvae
Which statement correctly describes the transfer of energy in a food chain in this wetland?
Energy is transferred from hawks to shrews to grasshoppers to marsh grasses.
Energy is transferred from marsh grasses to crickets to hawks to frogs.
Energy is transferred from grasshoppers to crickets to frogs to hawks.
Energy is transferred from cattails to crickets to shrews to hawks.
Based on this food web, how many organisms get their energy from grass?
3
4
2
1
The diagram shows a prairie food web. In the food web shown, all of the following are consumers EXCEPT – (a)
An organism that gets energy from eating other organisms is a (a) .
The diagram illustrates a gulf food web. Which of the following organisms provides energy for more than one other organism in the food web?
Otter
Herring Gull
Blue Crab
Diamondback Terrapin
The prairie food web illustrated here has producers and consumers. In this food web, how many more consumers than producers are there?
2
5
7
9
