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Ecosystems and Food Webs Quiz

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does a food web show?

a)

All the relationships between plants and animals in a community

b)

The weather patterns in a community

c)

Only the animals in a community

d)

Only the plants in a community

2.

Which of the following is a consumer?

a)

Water

b)

A rock

c)

A rabbit

d)

Sunlight

3.

What is a carnivore?

a)

An animal that eats plants

b)

A decomposer

c)

An animal that eats other animals

d)

A plant that makes its own food

4.

What is the role of decomposers in an ecosystem?

a)

To eat plants

b)

To produce food from sunlight

c)

To hunt other animals

d)

To break down dead plants and animals

5.

Which of the following best describes a food chain?

a)

A series of events where one organism eats another

b)

A type of plant that grows in water

c)

A network of interconnected food chains

d)

A group of animals living together

6.

What is at the bottom of the food chain?

a)

Decomposers

b)

Omnivores

c)

Producers

d)

Carnivores

7.

What is a food web?

a)

A single food chain

b)

A complex structure of interconnected food chains

c)

A type of plant

d)

A type of animal

8.

Which of the following is a producer?

a)

Shark

b)

Lion

c)

Giraffe

d)

Tree

9.

What process do plants use to make their own food?

a)

Digestion

b)

Fermentation

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Respiration

10.

What do decomposers do in the food chain?

a)

Break down decaying matter

b)

Hunt prey

c)

Eat only plants

d)

Produce food

11.

Which of the following is an example of a decomposer?

a)

Herbivores

b)

Fungi

c)

Carnivores

d)

Omnivores

12.

What is the main source of energy for plants?

a)

Water

b)

Soil

c)

Sunlight or Heat

d)

Air

13.

What is at the bottom of the food chain?

a)

Decomposers

b)

Omnivores

c)

Producers

d)

Carnivores

14.

What is a food web?

a)

A single food chain

b)

A complex structure of interconnected food chains

c)

A type of plant

d)

A type of animal

15.

Which of the following is a producer?

a)

Shark

b)

Lion

c)

Giraffe

d)

Tree

16.

What process do plants use to make their own food?

a)

Digestion

b)

Fermentation

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Respiration

17.

What do decomposers do in the food chain?

a)

Break down decaying matter

b)

Hunt prey

c)

Eat only plants

d)

Produce food

18.

Which of the following is an example of a decomposer?

a)

Herbivores

b)

Fungi

c)

Carnivores

d)

Omnivores

19.

Look at the food web to the left. The snake is a ​ ​ (a)  

Choose from the below words
producer
decomposer
herbivore
nonliving thing
consumer
sun
20.

A caterpillar is classified as a​ (a)   . A mushroom is classified as a ​ (b)   . The parsley is a ​ (c)   .

Choose from the below words
consumer
decomposer
producer
21.
The owl receives energy from which organisms?
a)
grasshopper and mouse
b)
mouse and rabbit
c)
rabbit and butterfly
d)
butterfly and frog
22.
Name the producers in this food web.
a)
seagull and fish
b)
penguin and crab
c)
phytoplankton and seaweed
d)
seaweed and zooplankton
23.
Which consumer receives energy from the leopard seal?
a)
blue whale
b)
penguin
c)
killer whale
d)
elephant seal
24.
Which one is NOT an example of a decomposer?
a)
mushroom
b)
leaves
c)
mold
d)
worm
25.
Which one is NOT an example of a decomposer?
a)
mushroom
b)
leaves
c)
mold
d)
worm
26.
Grass is considered a ...
a)
consumer
b)
producer
c)
decomposer
d)
composers
27.
Which of these is an example of a producer?
a)
snake
b)
worm
c)
human
d)
grass
28.

Organisms, like bacteria, insects and worms, that break down waste are called ___

a)

carnivore

b)

herbivores

c)

decomposers