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transfer of energy in nature

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Make their own food for energy

a)

producers

b)

herbivores

c)

omnivores

d)

carnivores

2.
Which of these is an example of a producer?
a)
snake
b)
worm
c)
human
d)
grass
3.

Which of these organism eat the caterpillar for energy?

a)
snake
b)

Bird

c)
human
d)
grass
4.
When a millipede breaks down dead and decaying material, it is acting as what?
a)
a decomposer
b)
an apex predator
c)
a producer
d)
prey
5.

What are the producers in this food web

a)

The leaves

b)

The eagle

c)

The spider

d)

The frog

6.

Grasses directly pass energy to...

a)

grasshopper, frog, bird

b)

mouse, rabbit, grasshopper

c)

rabbit, fox, snake

d)

frog, owl, mouse

7.

What is a consumer?

a)

Organism that creates their own food.

b)

Organism that eat other organisms for energy

c)

Organism that eat other dead organisms

8.

Decomposers get energy from...

a)

the sun

b)

eating plants

c)

eating animals

d)

dead things and waste

9.

Which is the primary source of energy for plants?

a)

producer

b)

consumer

c)

decomposer

d)

sun

10.
The arrows in a food chain or web represents what?
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.
11.
What percentage of energy is passed on to each tropic level?
a)
10%
b)
50%
c)
90%
d)
100%
12.

How does the eagle get energy?

a)

The eagle eats the snake for energy

b)

The eagle eats grass for energy

c)

The eagle eats the frog for energy

d)

The eagle eats a grass hopper for energy

13.

In the energy pyramid here, which organisms have the most energy available?

a)

Producers

b)

Carnivores

c)

Herbivores

d)

Top Predators

14.

In the energy pyramid below, which organism has the least amount of energy available?

a)

Producers

b)

Herbivores

c)

Carnivores

d)

Top Predators

15.

What type of energy conversion occurs in photosynthesis?

a)

Light energy is used to make sugar

b)

Glucose is used to make ATP

16.
Why do plants conduct photosynthesis?
a)
To make light
b)
To make mitochondria
c)
To make glucose
d)
To release carbon dioxide
17.

Which organelle is responsible making food (Glucose) using sunlight?

a)

Cell Membrane

b)

Nucleus

c)

Chloroplast

d)

Mitochondria

18.

Cellular respiration is...

a)

the process by which cells break down glucose to make ATP

b)

the process by which cells break light down into energy.

c)

the process by which cells communicate with other cells.

19.

What organelle makes uses sugar to make ATP

a)

Chloroplast

b)

Mitochondria

c)

White blood cells

20.

During cellular respiration, energy is released from food. What else does the cell need for this process to take place.

a)

carbon dioxide

b)

oxygen

c)

sunlight

d)

nitrogen