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Ecosystems and Food Webs Review

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does the arrow mean in a food chain?

a)

Energy Flow

b)

What that animal is going to eat

c)

Nothing. It just looks cool.

d)

Which organism is the best at absorbing energy.

2.

According to this food chain, which organism is a producer?

a)

grasshopper

b)

mushrooms

c)

owl

d)

grass

3.

Which of the following does a plant NOT need for photosynthesis?

a)

Carbon Dioxide

b)

Water

c)

Sugar

d)

Sunlight

4.

How do PRODUCERS get energy?

a)

eat other organisms

b)

they don't need energy

c)

they make their own energy

d)

the use of their leaves

5.

How do CONSUMERS get energy?

a)

eating other organisms

b)

from the sun

c)

consumers are animals

d)

eating plants only

6.

Where does all the energy for a food chain start?

a)

primary consumers

b)

consumers

c)

producers

d)

sun

7.

Which of the following is NOT a producer?

a)

grass

b)

bees

c)

bush

d)

tree

8.

Which organism gets energy from the ELK🦌?

a)

groundhog

b)

grass

c)

caterpillar

d)

bear

9.

Which of the following does not depend on other organisms for energy?

a)

mushrooms

b)

roses

c)

birds

d)

grasshoppers

10.

What might happen if we removed grasshoppers from this food web?

a)

The foxes would all die

b)

There would be more mice

c)

The amount of frogs and birds would decrease

d)

The amount of owls would increase

11.

Which fossil layer is the oldest?

a)

Layer A

b)

Layer B

c)

Layer C

d)

Layer D

12.

Where did this organism most likely live?

a)

ocean or water

b)

forest

c)

arctic

d)

grassland

13.

What can we NOT learn from fossils?

a)

where it lived

b)

what it ate

c)

what color it was

d)

how long ago it was buried

14.

Phytoplankton is a microscopic plant that lives in the ocean and makes its own food. This means that phytoplankton is a

a)

photosynthesis

b)

producer

c)

consumer

d)

predator

15.

This plant fossil was found in a layer of sedimentary rock with other plant fossils. The type of environment that this fossil most likely came from was the

a)

desert

b)

pond

c)

ocean

d)

forest

16.

Which organisms got energy from the deer?

a)

fish and chipmunk

b)

mountain lion and wolf

c)

grasshopper and finch

d)

grass and tree

17.

Which organisms get energy from the chipmunk?

a)

wolf and mountain lion

b)

tree

c)

deer and grasshopper

d)

grass and tree

18.

Which layer is the youngest?

a)

Layer A

b)

Layer B

c)

Layer C

d)

Layer D

19.

Photosynthesis is where plants

a)

turn oxygen into carbon dioxide

b)

turn the plants green

c)

sprout from seeds

d)

use sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide to produce sugar and release oxygen

20.

Which of the following are scientists most likely to learn from this dinosaur fossil?

a)

how many eggs the dinosaur laid

b)

what the soil was like

c)

what color or pattern the skin was

d)

what type of food it ate

21.

What could happen if all the insect larvae were removed from this food web?

Select all the answers that are true.

a)

There would be a decrease in minnows and sunfish.

b)

The algae would decrease because the minnows would now only be able to eat algae.

c)

The food web would stay the same because the organisms have other options to get energy from.

d)

The snails would decrease because the sunfish would now only be able to eat snails.