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Module 2 - Ecology

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 4hrs 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the starting source of energy for all food chains and food webs? Where do the flowers, carrots, and grass get their energy from?

a)

rabbit

b)

sun

c)

other plants

d)

mushrooms

2.

What is this diagram called?

a)

Food Chain

b)

Food Web

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Cell

3.

An animal that eats BOTH animals and plants is called what?

a)
Herbivore
b)
Omnivore
c)
Carnivore
d)

Autotroph

4.

An animal that ONLY eats plants is called what?

a)

Herbivore

b)

Carnivore

c)

Omnivore

d)

Plantivore

5.

An animal that ONLY eats other animals (meat) is called what?

a)

Carnivore

b)

Omnivore

c)

Herbivore

d)

Consumer

6.

Why do organisms need to eat?

a)

to socialize

b)

to sleep

c)

for energy

d)

for exercise

7.

Bears eat fish, insects, plants, seeds, nuts and young elk. They are called what?

a)

Autotrophs

b)

Carnivores

c)

Herbivores

d)

Omnivores

8.

Lions only eat buffalo, antelopes, zebras and crocodiles. They are called what?

a)

Omnivore

b)

Herbivore

c)

Carnivore

d)

Hungry

9.
All energy on Earth ultimately comes from what source?
a)
Water
b)
Sun
c)
Consumers
d)
Oxygen
10.

Use the diagram answer the question.
What is this diagram called?

a)
A Food Chain
b)
An Ecosystem
c)
A Food Web
d)

A Cell

11.

Use the diagram to answer the question.
The rabbit is a food source for which 2 organisms? Which 2 organisms will eat the rabbit?

a)

Hawk and Snake

b)

Sunflower and Carrots

c)

Owl and Squirrel

d)

Snake and Yellow Bird

12.

A plant is...

a)

an autotroph

b)

a heterotroph

c)

a primary consumer

d)

a carnivore

13.

Secondary consumers eat...

a)

producers

b)

primary consumers

c)

tertiary consumers

d)

quaternary consumers

14.

What would happen if the snake population decreased a lot?

a)

The carrot population would increase

b)

The rabbit population would decrease

c)

The rabbit population would Increase

d)

The owl population would increase

15.

Primary consumers eat...

a)

producers

b)

primary consumers

c)

secondary consumers

d)

quaternary consumers

16.

A hawk eats the rabbit that eats the grass. What is the hawk considered in that food chain?

a)

producer

b)

primary consumer

c)

secondary consumer

d)

tertiary consumer

17.

Tertiary consumers eat...

a)

producers

b)

primary consumer

c)

secondary consumers

d)

quaternary consumers

18.

A heterotroph...

a)

is an autotroph

b)

eats other organisms

c)

is a primary producer

d)

is an autotroph & a primary producer

19.

When a person eats a steak (from a cow), the person is acting as a...

a)

producer

b)

primary consumer

c)

secondary consumer

d)

tertiary consumer

20.

A decomposer...

a)

is an autotroph

b)

eats dead and decaying organisms

c)

kills animals

d)

makes its own food

21.

Which organism in the web is a secondary consumer?

a)

Grass

b)

Snake

c)

Grasshopper

d)

Squirrel

22.

The arrows in a food chain...

a)

point towards the predators.

b)

point towards the producers.

c)

show the flow of energy

d)

show the flow of carbon dioxide

23.

A producer; a living organism that makes its own food using light energy is called a what?

a)

Heterotroph

b)

Autotroph

24.

A consumer; an organim that has to eat/consume its food for energy is called a what?

a)

Heterotroph

b)

Autotroph

25.

A chipmunk eats nuts and seeds.  How could you classify the chipmunk in a food chain?

a)

producer

b)

primary consumer

c)

secondary consumer

d)

tertiary consumer