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Flow of Energy: Food Webs

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 4mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An organism that is unable to make its own food. Obtains nutrients and energy by consuming (eating) other organisms.

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

2.

An organism that produces its own food by photosynthesis

a)

Consumer

b)

decomposer

c)

producer

3.

A plant is a producer because .........

a)

it makes its own food

b)

it gets its nutrients from other organisms

4.

How does the food chain start?

a)

Plant life uses energy from the sun to make food.

b)

Insects like grasshoppers eat plant life.

c)

Animals like rats eat insects.

d)

Humans eat large animals and plant life.

5.

How do consumers get energy to live?

a)

They make their own food from the soil.

b)

They break down decaying matter.

c)

They make their own food from the sun.

d)

They eat other plants and animals.

6.

Due to the fact that plants can make their own food using photosynthesis, what are plants considered in food chains?

a)

omnivores

b)

consumbers

c)

producers

d)

carnivores

7.

Plants are called _________________ because they produce, or make, food energy (glucose)

a)

producers

b)

primary consumers

c)

secondary consumers

d)

tertiary consumers

8.

Animals are called ________________ because they must consume (eat) other organisms for food energy.

a)

producers

b)

mean

c)

consumers

d)

decomposers

9.

On this food chain, the plant is the _______________.

a)

producer

b)

primary consumer

c)

secondary consumer

d)

tertiary consumer

10.

In this food chain, the owl is the ____________.

a)

producer

b)

primary consumer

(first consumer)

c)

secondary consumer

(second consumer)

d)

tertiary consumer

(third consumer)

11.

In this food chain, the mouse is the _____________.

a)

producer

b)

primary consumer

c)

secondary consumer

d)

tertiary consumer

12.

In this food chain, the beetle is the ________.

a)

producer

b)

primary consumer

c)

secondary consumer

d)

tertiary consumer

13.

In a food chain, what do the the arrows represent?

a)

Oxygen

b)

Carbon dioxide

c)

Flow of energy

d)

Death