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3/4 and 3/5 Food Web and Chains

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A farmer is trying to decide the best way to generate energy for his farm. Considering the fundamental source of energy, what should he rely on?

a)

Water

b)

Sun

c)

Consumers

d)

Oxygen

2.

In a forest ecosystem, the largest group of organisms would be:

a)

Primary Consumers

b)

Producers

c)

Decomposers

d)

Tertiary Consumers

3.
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. 
4.
The shrew provides energy for the _______?
a)
cricket
b)
grasshopper
c)
frog
d)
snake
5.

In a forest ecosystem, wolves eat deer, and deer eat plants. What is this called?

a)

Food Web

b)

Food Chain

c)

Abiotic Factors

6.

A lion, known for its hunting prowess, primarily eats....

a)

carnivore

b)

omnivore

c)

herbivore

d)

decomposer

7.

During a camping trip, you observe that the local bears consume a variety of foods including fish from the stream, insects under logs, plants along the trail, seeds from nearby bushes, nuts from the forest, and occasionally young elk. This dietary behavior classifies them as __________.

a)

Franivore

b)

Carnivore

c)

Herbivore

d)

Omnivore

8.

Which organism receives the least amount of energy from the producer?

a)

Owl

b)

Grasshopper

c)

Lilypad

d)

Mouse

9.

A bear that needs to catch fish in a river to obtain energy is known as a:

a)

Autotroph

b)

Producer

c)

Consumer

d)

Mutualist

10.

A plant that absorbs sunlight to synthesize nutrients from carbon dioxide and water is known as a:

a)

Producer

b)

Heterotroph

c)

Consumer

d)

Decomposer

11.
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
12.

In a garden ecosystem, what are plants classified as?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Decomposers

d)

Scavengers

13.

In a forest ecosystem, what are deer and rabbits classified as?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Decomposers

d)

Plants

14.

What are the organisms that break down dead leaves in a forest?

a)

Producers

b)

Consumers

c)

Decomposers

d)

Organisms

15.

In a forest ecosystem, what is the role of fungi and bacteria?

a)

Use sunlight to make food

b)

Eat other organisms to gain energy

c)

Make the food for the whole food chain

d)

Break down dead organisms and add nutrients to the soil

16.

In a forest ecosystem, which type of animal would primarily consume leaves and grass?

a)

Herbivores

b)

Omnivores

c)

Carnivores

d)

Scavengers

17.

In a forest ecosystem, what do the arrows in a food chain or web represent?

a)

They point to the organism that is being eaten.

b)

It shows how sunlight flows within an ecosystem.

c)

They show what direction the energy is flowing between organisms. 

d)

They represent how water is transferred within a habitat.

18.

In a forest ecosystem, what does the food web represent?

a)

All connections of energy flow throughout all organisms living in the forest.

b)

The specific ways that mutualism is carried out among forest inhabitants.

c)

A single pathway of energy flow between specific organisms in the forest. 

d)

How carnivores in the forest obtain their food. 

19.

Imagine you are on a hike and observing your surroundings. Which list below contains only abiotic factors you might encounter?

a)

Rocks, air, water, sunlight

b)

Air, sunlight, rabbits, grass

c)

Sunlight, rabbits, grass, hawks