WorksheetsEcosystems
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following characteristics is shared by both primary and secondary consumers?
a)
uses the Sun's radiant energy to produce food
b)
The first step in any food chain diagram
c)
Eats only plants to gain needed energy.
d)
Gains energy by eating other living things
2.
The energy pyramid is shown
At which level of the energy pyramid would most of the biomass be found
At which level of the energy pyramid would most of the biomass be found
a)
Top predator
b)
Carnivore
c)
Herbivores
d)
Producers
3.
A diagram of a marine food chain is provided. Which of the organisms in the food chain transforms energy from the Sun into food?
a)
Large Sharks
b)
Marlin
c)
Shrimp
d)
Phytoplankton
4.
a diagram is provided. Which portion of the diagram represents the level with the most available energy?
a)
Producers
b)
Herbivores
c)
Carnivores
d)
Top Predators
5.
a diagram of a pond food chain is provided. Which of the following could possibly increase the total amount of energy the catfish population receives within its food chain
a)
an increase in the number of beetles
b)
an increase in the number of hawks
c)
a decrease in the number of plants
d)
a decrease in the number of hawks
6.
a diagram is provided. Which of the following correctly shows one path that energy would flow through this ecosystem?
a)
grasses to termites to monkey to eagle
b)
hyena to mongoose to mouse to grasses
c)
grasses to termite to grasshopper to monkey
d)
acacia trees to giraffe to lion to vulture
7.
a diagram of a prairie food web is provided. A reduction in deer population will have the effect in the amount of energy this ecosystem is able to provide for which of the following organisms?
a)
Rabbit
b)
Mountain lion
c)
Mouse
d)
Hawk
8.
which of the following correctly shows how energy flows through a food chain?
a)
Sun to carnivores to producers to herbivores
b)
Sun to producers to herbivores to carnivores
c)
Sun to herbivores to carnivores to producers
d)
Sun to producers to carnivores to herbivores
9.
The image provided shows the flow of energy through a food chain.
a)
Plant
b)
Beetle
c)
Catfish
d)
Hawk
10.
What is the role of a consumer in the flow of energy through a food chain?
a)
Obtaining necessary nutrients from the soil
b)
Transforming the Sun's energy to make food
c)
Gaining energy by eating other living things
d)
Decomposing the remains of living thinis
11.
a diagram of a prairie food web is provided. Which organism in this food chain gets its energy, indirectly, from prairie grass?
a)
Squirrel
b)
Mountain lion
c)
Robin
d)
Eagle
12.
A diagram is provided. The food web depicted here would be able to support the smallest number of which of the following organisms?
a)
Diatoms
b)
Shrimp
c)
Squid
d)
Tuna
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