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Movement of Matter in Ecosystems

Total questions: 7

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a producer?

a)

an animal that eats only plants

b)

the process plants use to make food

c)

an organism that makes its own food

d)

an organism that must eat to survive

2.

Jake made a model of a food chain. The living things in his food chain were a flower, a bee, and a tree. Which is missing from the model of Jake's food chain?

a)

prey

b)

a consumer

c)

a producer

d)

a predator

3.

Which organism would be found at the top of an energy pyramid?

a)

bee

b)

hawk

c)

lizard

d)

flower

4.

Which is an example of a decomposer?

a)

grass

b)

a bird

c)

a snake

d)

a mushroom

5.

In this food web, from where does the snake get energy?

plant-->fly-->toad-->snake-->hawk

a)

from the plant

b)

from the toad

c)

from the fly

d)

from the hawk

6.

What role does bacteria have in an ecosystem?

a)

producer, because it gets energy from the sun

b)

carnivore, because it gets energy from animals

c)

decomposer, because it breaks down dead materials

d)

omnivore, because it gets energy from both plants and animals

7.

Order the steps from 1 to 4 to show how organisms receive energy. The original source is number 1 and the last organism to receive the energy is number 4.

blackberry bush

coyote

bunny

sun

a)
  1. 1-sun, 2-bunny, 3-coyote, 4-blackberry bush

b)
  1. 1-bunny, 2-sun, 3-blackberry bush, 4-coyote

c)
  1. 1-sun, 2-blackberry bush, 3-bunny, 4-coyote

d)
  1. 1-coyote, 2-bunny, 3-blackberry bush, 4-sun