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Food Webs STAAR

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 25mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does this diagram display?

a)

The predator-prey relationship between vertebrates

b)

The movement of energy throughout an ecosystem

c)

The changing types of organisms in a forest

d)

The standard lifespan of trees and animals

2.

Which of the following is not a secondary consumer?

a)

hawk

b)

lizard

c)

mouse

d)

snake

3.

The rabbit in this food web would be considered a:

a)

Decomposer

b)

Producer

c)

Secondary Consumer

d)

Primary Consumer

4.

How many primary consumers are there in this food web?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

5.

In this food chain, what will happen if the frogs become extinct?

a)

The snakes will increase.

b)

The grasshoppers will decrease.

c)

The eagles will remain the same.

d)

The grasshoppers will increase.

6.

Name the producers in this food web.

a)

seagull and fish

b)

penguin and crab

c)

phytoplankton and seaweed

d)

seaweed and zooplankton

7.

What may happen if the snowshoe hare was removed from the food web pictured?

a)

The insects in the habitat would increase.

b)

The shrew population would decrease due to being only hawk food source.

c)

The willow tree population would decrease.

d)

Foxes would dies due to no food source. 

8.

Which of the following organisms is a carnivore.

a)

greenfly

b)

plant

c)

mouse

d)

buzzard

9.

What might happen if you remove a primary consumer from the ecosystem?

a)

There would be more food for secondary consumers.

b)

The number of primary consumers would increase.

c)

The number of plants would increase.

d)

The number of secondary consumers would increase.

10.

Use the diagram to answer the question.
The Mayfly is a food source for which 3 organisms?

a)

Frog, Dragon Fly and snake

b)

Frog, trout and dragon fly

c)

Frog, salamander and trout

d)

Frog and phytoplankton

11.

How many herbivores are in this web?

a)

1

b)

2

c)

3

d)

4

12.

Which organisms from the Food Web is consuming the Insects?

a)

Lynx, Hare

b)

Shrew, Red fox

c)

Lynx, Red Fox

d)

Hawk, Shrew

13.

Identify the correct food chain that demonstrates the energy flow of this food web.

a)

Eagle < Bluebird < Plant

b)

Plant< Rabbit < Eagle

c)

Plant > Snail > Lizard > Eagle

d)

Eagle> Lizard>Caterpillar>Plant

14.

Which of the following would be the most likely effect, if there were a sudden increase in the cricket population?

a)

There would be a decrease in the small bird population.

b)

There would be a decrease in the grass/flowers population.

c)

There would be a decrease in the mice population.

d)

There would be an increase in the grass/flowers population.

15.

The owl receives energy from which organisms?

a)

grasshopper and mouse

b)

mouse and rabbit

c)

rabbit and butterfly

d)

butterfly and frog

16.

What does a Secondary Consumer eat?

a)

Tertiary Consumers

b)

Primary Consumers

c)

Producers

d)

Secondary Consumers

17.

Which of the following best describes a relationship in this grassland?

a)

Badgers are top predators because they eat upland sandpipers and beetles.

b)

A producer-consumer relationship exists between lupines and ants.

c)

A predator-prey relationship exists between beetles and ground squirrels.

d)

Upland sandpipers are primary and secondary consumers because they eat grasses and grasshoppers.

18.

Which statement does NOT describe a relationship shown in the food web?

a)

Elk are prey for mountain lions.

b)

Mice are herbivores that consume grasses and are preyed on by snakes.

c)

Owls prey on rabbits and frogs.

d)

Rabbits consume shrubs and are parasites of grasses.

19.

Which organisms all consume the same producer?

a)

crabs, pilchards, blennies

b)

euphausiids, sweeps, water fleas

c)

tiger sharks, dolphins, octupuses

d)

sea urchins, crabs, octopuses

20.

Which organisms have three carnivorous predators and a consumer-producer relationship with at least one organism?

a)

the organisms that fit in boxes 2, 3 and 7

b)

the organisms that fit in boxes 5 and 7

c)

the organisms that fit in boxes 4 and 6

d)

the organisms that fit in boxes 2 and 7 only

21.

Many Texas caves provide a habitat for animals that live in total darkness. The caves are damp and cool, and most of the caves are rich in mineral calcite. The diagram below shows the relationships of some organisms involved in a cave ecosystem. Based on the diagram, which of the following statements is valid?

a)

Owls are predators of bats, and bats are predators of moths.

b)

Beetles compete with bats and cave spiders.

c)

Snakes prey on bats and owls.

d)

None of the above

22.

What role do decomposers play in a food web?

a)

They produce energy for the ecosystem.

b)

They consume primary consumers.

c)

They break down dead organisms and recycle nutrients.

d)

They are the top predators in the ecosystem.

23.

In a food web, which of the following is a primary producer?

a)

Grass

b)

Rabbit

c)

Fox

d)

Hawk

24.

If a disease drastically reduces the population of a primary consumer in a food web, what is the most likely immediate effect on the primary producers?

a)

Their population will decrease.

b)

Their population will increase.

c)

There will be no change in their population.

d)

They will become secondary consumers.

25.

Which of the following best describes a food web?

a)

A linear sequence of organisms where each is eaten by the next one in the chain.

b)

A complex network of interconnected food chains in an ecosystem.

c)

A diagram showing the number of organisms at each trophic level.

d)

A chart that shows the energy flow in a single direction.