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FOOD CHAINS AND FOOD WEBS

Total questions: 69

Worksheet time: 2hrs 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What do you call organisms that break down and recycle matter back into the ecosystem?

a)

Carnivores

b)

Herbivores

c)

Omnivores

d)

Detritivores

2.

What do you call organisms that eat ONLY producers?

a)

Carnivores

b)

Herbivores

c)

Omnivores

d)

Detritivores

3.

What do you call organisms that eat ONLY other consumers?

a)

Carnivores

b)

Herbivores

c)

Omnivores

d)

Detritivores

4.

What is the MAIN source of energy supply for a food chain?

(HINT: Where did all the energy come from?)

a)

Sunlight (absorbed by producers)

b)

Producers

c)

Other animals

d)

Decomposers

5.

What is the MAIN way most energy is lost in a food chain?

a)

Heat

b)

Respiration

c)

Waste

d)

Growth

6.

On average, how much energy is passed from one level of a food chain to another?

a)

10%

b)

90%

c)

100%

d)

50%

7.

In a freshwater ecosystem, ducks and snails eat grass and algae. The snails are eaten by mice and ducks. A fox will eat mice, but also ducks.


From this description, how would you describe the Ducks?

a)

Producer

b)

Omnivore

c)

Carnivore

d)

Herbivore

8.

In a freshwater ecosystem, ducks and snails eat grass and algae. The snails are eaten by mice and ducks. A fox will eat mice, but also ducks.


From this description, how would you describe the Mice?

a)

Producer

b)

Secondary Consumer

c)

Primary Consumer

d)

Apex Predator

9.

In a freshwater ecosystem, ducks and snails eat grass and algae. The snails are eaten by mice and ducks. A fox will eat mice, but also ducks.


From this description, what would be an example Food Chain?

a)

Fox --> Snail --> Duck --> Mouse

b)

Algae --> Snail --> Mouse --> Fox

c)

Algae --> Duck --> Mouse --> Fox

d)

Snail --> Mouse --> Fox --> Duck

10.

Based on the Food Web, which of these statements is true?

a)

The shark is a producer

b)

The octopus is a primary consumer

c)

The limpet is a secondary consumer

d)

The zooplankton is a primary consumer

11.

Based on the Food Web, which animal would be an omnivore?

(HINT: an omnivore eats Producers and Consumers)

a)

The shark

b)

The seagull

c)

The limpet

d)

The fish

12.

Based on the Food Web, which animal would have the Largest Population?

a)

The octopus

b)

The seagull

c)

The fish

d)

The phytoplankton

13.

Animal cells, which need sugar to produce energy, would be considered a consumer. Which sequence best describes the flow of energy to an animal cell?

a)

Sun --> Plant --> Sugar --> Animal Cell

b)

Sun --> Sugar --> Animal Cell --> Plant

c)

Sun --> Animal Cell --> Plant --> Sugar

d)

Sun --> Plant --> Animal Cell --> Sugar

14.

Based on the Food Chain, how would your describe the frog?

a)

Producer

b)

Apex Predator

c)

Primary Consumer (Herbivore)

d)

Secondary Consumer (Carnivore)

15.

Based on the Food Chain, how would your describe the grass?

a)

Producer

b)

Apex Predator

c)

Primary Consumer (Herbivore)

d)

Secondary Consumer (Carnivore)

16.

Passing of energy, in the form of food, from one organism to another

a)

food cycle

b)

food network

c)

food chain

d)

food system

17.

Overlapping food chains

a)

food cycle

b)

food network

c)

food system

d)

food web

18.

Representation of the feeding relationships & flow of energy in a food chain

a)

food pyramid

b)

food network

c)

food system

d)

food assembly

19.

Consumer that eats only plants

a)

omnivore

b)

insectivore

c)

carnivore

d)

herbivore

20.

Consumer that eats only other animals

a)

omnivore

b)

frugivore

c)

carnivore

d)

herbivore

21.

Consumer that eats both plants and animals

a)

omnivore

b)

fungivore

c)

carnivore

d)

herbivore

22.

Amount of energy in a food pyramid transferred from one level to the next

a)

0%

b)

10%

c)

78%

d)

100%

23.
All energy on Earth ultimately comes from what source?
a)
Water
b)
Sun
c)
Consumers
d)
Oxygen
24.
What does a food chain represent?
a)
How all living organisms within a habitat are connected.
b)
All of the things that a particular animal eats.
c)
How plants create their own food.
d)
A single path of energy transfer within a habitat.
25.
What does a food web represent?
a)
All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms in a habitat.
b)
The specific ways that mutualism is carried out.
c)
A single pathway or energy flow between organisms. 
d)
How carnivores get their food. 
26.
What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?
a)
The insects in the habitat would increase.
b)
The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.
c)
The willow tree population would decrease.
d)
Foxes would dies due to no food source. 
27.
The shrew provides energy for the _______?
a)
cricket
b)
grasshopper
c)
frog
d)
snake
28.
What is this called?
a)
Food Web
b)
Food Chain
c)
Abiotic Factors
29.
Which organism has the most energy and which organism has the least amount of energy? Choose the best answer. 
a)
mosquito and grass
b)
mouse and grass
c)
grass and owl
d)
grass and small bird
30.
In the energy pyramid below, which organism has the least amount of energy available?
a)
Producers
b)
Herbivores
c)
Carnivores
d)
Top Predator
31.

Organisms that is able to convert the energy from the sun into chemical energy (glucose).

a)

Heterotroph

b)

Autotroph

c)

Carnivore

d)

Omnivore

32.

Organisms that eat other organisms to gain energy.

a)

Autotroph

b)

Heterotroph

c)

Producer

33.
Which best describes what a food chain shows you?
a)
Energy flow through an ecosystem
b)
Food flowing through an ecosystem
c)
Consumers going into other consumers
d)
Who eats who
34.
What are the organisms that break down dead stuff?
a)
Producers
b)
Consumers
c)
Decomposers
d)
Organisms
35.
Where does the energy start in this food chain?
a)
Plant
b)
Sun
c)
Deer
d)
Wolf
36.
What is the role of a producer?
a)
Use sunlight to make food
b)
Gain energy from eating other organisms
c)
Keep other species from overpopulating
d)
Breaking down dead stuff 
37.
What's the role of consumers in a food chain?
a)
Use sunlight to make food 
b)
Eat other species and keep them from overpopulating
c)
Break down dead stuff
d)
Add nutrients to the soil
38.
Which of these organisms would receive energy from the snake?
a)
Plant
b)
Rabbit
c)
Mouse
d)
Hawk
39.
In the energy pyramid here, how much of the energy in each level gets lost as heat or used by the organism for survival?
a)
80%
b)
90%
c)
10%
d)
20%
40.
The diagram represents a pyramid of energy in an ecosystem.  Which level would most likely contain members of the plant kingdom?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
41.
What trophic level has the most energy?
a)
Autotrophs
b)
Heterotrophs
c)
Omnivores
d)
Consumers
42.
Which of the animals in this food web is a secondary consumer?
a)
Hawk
b)
Lizard
c)
Mouse
d)
Snake
43.
The largest part of an ecosystem is always the ________________.
a)

Primary Consumers

b)

Producers

c)

Quarternary Consumers

d)

Secondary Consumers

44.
The smallest part of the ecosystem is always the ____________.
a)

Producers

b)

Secondary Consumers

c)

Primary Consumers

d)

Tertiary Consumers

45.

This graphic diagrams a _______________________.

a)

Food Web

b)

Food Chain

c)

Food Pyramid

d)

Food Buffet

46.
An environmental change that removed which of these organisms from the ecosystem would cause the most instability in the ecosystem?
a)
Auklets
b)
Foxes
c)
Salmon
d)
Zooplankton
47.
In a food web, arrows point at:
a)
who gets energy.
b)
who gets eaten.
48.
The diagram shows an example of what kind of organism
a)
Autotroph
b)
Heterotroph
c)
Decomposer
d)
Herbivore
49.
The diagram shows an example of what kind of organism
a)
Autotroph
b)
Heterotroph
c)
Decomposer
d)
Herbivore
50.
The animals in this image are examples of _________________________ .
a)
Autotrophs
b)
Herbivores
c)
Producers
d)
Heterotrophs
51.
This giraffe is an example of a _______________________________.
a)
Carnivore
b)
Omnivore
c)
Autotroph
d)
Herbivore
52.
As a predator this lion is also an example of a ______________.
a)
Producer
b)
Autotroph
c)
Carnivore
d)
Herbivore
53.
These mushroom are heterotrophs and must therefore get nutrients from other organic matter. Mushroom aslo act as ____________________ in many food webs.
a)
Herbivore
b)
Decomposer
c)
Carnivore
d)
Omnivore
54.
In this image, the grass is the ______________.
a)
Primary Consumer
b)
Secondary Consumer
c)
Heterotroph
d)
Producer
55.
The primary consumer in this food chain is the ____________.
a)
Frog
b)
Eagle
c)
Grasshopper
d)
Python
56.
Which animal is a tertiary consumer?
a)
Jackal
b)
Wild Cat
c)
Lion
d)
Owl
57.

Given that the bear pictured eats many types of food, including meats and plants, he is an example of an ______________________.

a)
Autotroph
b)
Omnivore
c)
Herbivore
d)
Producer
58.
The largest part of an ecosystem is always the ________________.
a)
Primary Consumers
b)

Producers

c)
Quarternary Consumers
d)
Secondary Consumers
59.
The smallest part of the ecosystem is always the ____________.
a)

Producers

b)
Secondary Consumers
c)
Primary Consumers
d)
Tertiary Consumers
60.

On average, how much energy is passed on to a higher level in the food web?

a)
90%
b)
25%
c)
10%
d)
50%
61.
Which of these organisms are in a trophic level that receives a larger percentage of the energy captured by the producers than the percentage received at the bats’ trophic level?
a)
Mountain Lion
b)
Snake
c)
Hawk
d)
Ground Squirrel
62.

Producers are generally found at the beginning

of a food chain. Which statement best explains

why this is true?

a)

A) Producers are usually smaller in size than

consumers.

b)

B) Producers do not rely on other organisms

for food.

c)

C) There are always more consumers than

producers in food chains.

d)

D) Consumers are always more complex

organisms than producers.

63.

The organisms represented by X are

a)

A) Decomposers

b)

B) Producers

c)

C) Carnivores

d)

D) Scavengers

64.

Most of the food and oxygen in the

environment is produced by the action of

a)

A) saprophytic bacteria

b)

B) heterotrophic organisms

c)

C) aerobic protozoans

d)

D) autotrophic organisms

65.

Which two organisms are classified as producers?

a)

A) tadpole and worm

b)

B) algae and grass

c)

C) grass and tadpole

d)

D) raccoon and algae

66.

For a producer to maintain itself, which factor

must be present in its environment?

a)

A) carnivores

b)

B) herbivores

c)

C) sunlight

d)

D) parasites

67.

Which organisms are primary consumers?

a)

A) grass, mice, and hawks

b)

B) owls, snakes, and hawks

c)

C) seeds, grass, and shrubs

d)

D) songbirds, mice, and rabbits

68.

Which statement most accurately predicts the result

of interfering with populations in the web?

a)

A) Removing the cricket population will have little

effect on the balance of the food web.

b)

B) Removing all the mountain lions from the food

web will benefit the ecosystem.

c)

C) Removing the cricket and rabbit populations

would cause the number of trees to decrease.

d)

D) Removing deer from the food web will affect

the rabbit and grass populations.

69.

Which population would be most immediately affected by the removal of the lizard

population?

a)

A) sedges

b)

B) algae

c)

C) ants

d)

D) centipedes