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Analyze Food Webs

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 32mins

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Class
Date
1.

If mice were removed from this ecosystem, which of the

following would also be expected to occur?

a)

a decrease in the cricket population

b)

a decrease in the corn population

c)

a decrease in the hawk population

d)

a decrease in the moth population

2.

Which of the following would cause a decline in the lizard population?

a)

a decrease in the cricket population

b)

an increase in the corn population

c)

a decrease in the mice population

d)

an increase in the moth population

3.

A decrease in which of the following populations would have the greatest effect on the rest of the organisms in this ecosystem?

a)

hawks

b)

corn

c)

crickets

d)

birds

4.

Which of the following are the producers in this ecosystem?

a)

Humpback whales

b)

Sea turtles

c)

Phytoplankton

d)

Sharks

5.

Which of the following could be a long-term result of reducing the herring population in this ecosystem?

a)

an increase in the puffin population

b)

a decrease in the shark population

c)

an increase in the codfish population

d)

a decrease in the humpback whale population

6.

Which of the following would be a result of increasing the krill population in this ecosystem?

a)

a reduction in the humpback whale population

b)

an increase in the jellyfish population

c)

a decrease in the codfish population

d)

an increase in the phytoplankton population

7.

Overhunting of humpback whales would result in which of the following changes to this ecosystem?

a)

a decrease in the puffin population

b)

an increase in the population of krill

c)

an increase in the phytoplankton population

d)

increased competition between top predators

8.

A decrease in the population of sharks due to poaching would cause which of the following factors to immediately increase for the puffins?

a)

Predation

b)

Competition

c)

Parasitism

d)

Adaptation

9.

A reduction in the population of mice in this food web could cause which of the following changes to occur?

a)

a decrease in the grass population

b)

an increase in the snake population

c)

an increase in the grasshopper population

d)

a decrease in the grain population

10.

Insecticides are used by a farmer to decrease the grasshopper population in this area. This reduction in the grasshopper population would also cause which set of changes?

a)

the grain population to decrease and the frog population to decrease

b)

the grain population to decrease and the frog population to increase

c)

the grain population to increase and the frog population to increase

d)

the grain population to increase and the frog population to decrease

11.

If 500,000 kJ of food energy is available in the producers of this ecosystem, approximately how many kilojoules of energy would be present in the primary consumers?

a)

500,000 kJ

b)

50,000 kJ

c)

10,000 kJ

d)

5,000 kJ

12.

Which organism in this food web would be classified as an

omnivore?

a)

Cricket

b)

Mouse

c)

Snake

d)

Hawk

13.

Which of these changes would cause an increase in the

cricket population?

a)

a reduction in the mouse population

b)

an increase in the snake population

c)

an decrease in the hawk population

d)

a rise in the lizard population

14.

Which population in this food web would contain the lowest amounts of chemical energy and biomass?

a)

Grass

b)

Mouse

c)

Lizard

d)

Hawk

15.

In this food chain, the spiders are -

a)

Producers

b)

Primary consumers

c)

Competitors

d)

Secondary Consumers

16.

In this food pyramid, how much energy is available as the energy is passed from one trophic level to another?

a)

1%

b)

10%

c)

25%

d)

50%